Metallurgist Joins the Metallography Department at Laboratory Testing Inc.

Online, September 30, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Laboratory Testing Inc. (LTI) of Hatfield, PA USA recently hired Alan Fabiszewski as a Metallurgist in the company's Metallography Department. The responsibilities of his new position include microscopic, macroscopic and microhardness examinations of test samples, failure analysis and weld qualification.

Fabiszewski is a Drexel University graduate with a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering and has completed courses through ASM International and NACE International. He brings over 20 years of experience in metallurgy, materials engineering, corrosion engineering and failure analysis to his new position at Laboratory Testing Inc.

The Metallography Department at Laboratory Testing Inc. has the capabilities to detect internal and surface defects on test samples, reveal the microstructure or macrostructure of samples, and determine conformance to required industry specifications. A wide-range of metallurgical testing is provided to reveal the character of metal samples including grain size determination, plating evaluation, case depth, alpha case, surface contamination, grain flow, intergranular corrosion, Knoop and Vickers testing and many other metallography methods.

The metals testing laboratory can also prepare all test samples using precision cutting, mounting, grinding, polishing, and etching when required. Photomicrographic examination and digital imaging are provided with optical magnification from 7X to 1000X to document test results. The scanning electron microscopy system (SEM/EDS) at Laboratory Testing Inc. has magnification capabilities to 300,000X for microanalysis and analyzing small areas of interest on samples. Metallurgical testing and analysis services performed at LTI are Nadcap accredited.

Laboratory Testing's metallurgical analysis services, when employed during a failure analysis, can also provide insight into the cause of material failures or insufficient performance by the material. Failure analysis often includes various other test methods performed at Laboratory Testing Inc. in the chemistry, mechanical testing, nondestructive testing and dimensional inspection areas. Testing and sample preparation performed at LTI are Nadcap accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 and compliant with ISO 9001 and ISO 13485.