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Leading Manufacturers of Open Die Forgings including Rings, Shafts and Flanges from 10kg to 12T

 

    Franktech.

 

To further enhance our services to our clients, mechanical testing equipment was purchased in 2001. The universal testing machine and impact tester were soon followed by the purchase of microscopes, hardness testers and a host of metallurgical sample preparation equipment. A fully-fledged laboratory capable of mechanical testing, metallography or a complete metallurgical evaluation/investigation is therefore available for every eventuality. 

Our latest acquisition, a Belec portable spectrometer, enables us to identify incoming feed stock or Positive Material Identity on the clients’ final product.

Services

Room temperature tensile testing

Elevated temperature tensile testing up to 600 degrees C

Compression testing

Bend testing

Hardness testing ( Rockwell, Brinell and/or Vickers )

Impact testing down to minus 196 degrees C

Metallography

Failure Investigations

Portable spectrometric analysis

 Calibration Status

Tensile tester – yearly – to ASTM/ASME and BS EN standards–NCS   traceable

Impact tester – yearly – to ASTM/ASME and BS EN standards – AIA witnessed NIST Charpy V notch specimens low and high range for evaluation and reporting.

Hardness testers – to ASTM/ASME and BS EN standards – NCS traceable – daily verification on certified test blocks

Temperature recording equipment – 3 monthly – NCS traceable 

Due to market demand for expertise and laboratory facilities, a decision was taken in 2002 to operate the laboratory as an independent entity. FRANKTECH was born and currently 2 modules of the SANAS accreditation scheme have been completed and the manual is being compiled for evaluation and subsequent approval.    

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