Materials Testing Lab

Materials Testing Laboratory Services

At Infinita Lab, we strive to provide comprehensive solutions to address your product problems faced during materials selection, design, compliance, performance testing, failure, and root cause analysis. In our materials testing lab the chemical, mechanical, thermal, electrical, optical, corrosion, radiation, and biological properties of materials are evaluated. Both non-destructive and destructive testings are employed for metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, thin films, elastomers, resins, semiconductors, and nanomaterials in our testing labs. Services range from benchtop techniques for high-volume testing, simulated studies in large testing chambers, to in-line testing for quality and reliability checks on the manufacturing line.

Infinita Lab network of material testing lab provide ASTM, ISO standardized testing, and our experts offer consultation for custom testing setup suitable for a client’s specific service conditions. A specific problem focussed approach helps our clients based in the USA and other countries across the globe to achieve the best probable solution.

Material Testing Laboratory Services are Usually Sought for the Following Reasons

Qualification of material from suppliers

Ensuring that suppliers’ raw materials or components exceed technical specifications is crucial for developing new products. Usually, ASTM or ISO standard methods are used to test supplier material properties.

Designing a new product

The development of a new product requires testing to confirm whether the desired specifications are met at every step of the process. For example, developing a thin film data memory stack requires chemical and electrical analysis of layers deposited by chemical or physical vapor deposition. Rust-resistant pipe coatings would require corrosion testing. Similarly, during a smartphone coverglass design, mechanical testing, such as resistance to scratch or impact, will be performed. Metrology techniques like electron microscopy, XPS, SIMS, etc., might be used in conjunction with the materials’ properties to provide insight into local defects, flaws, and inconsistencies.

Quality and reliability in manufacturing

Any company committed to selling reliable products incorporates quality checks in the manufacturing process. Some material tests are built in the production line for monitoring relevant product properties in real-time. Other tests take random samples and test them offline for adherence to specifications.

Failure analysis is a big part of manufacturing quality control. Fracture analysis, root cause analysis, mechanical testing, and microscopy are routinely employed to reveal the origin of defects in products and take corrective actions.

Product Reliability Testing

The finished product is subject to heat, humidity, temperature shock, vibration, drop, electrostatic discharge, or a combination of environments to test product susceptibility to failure during the service. Visual and other in-line inspection methods are also used for a quick quality check. Certifications are required for product compliance with safety standards set forth by regulatory bodies. The product’s statistical failure rate is measured under a set of extremes that a product can encounter during its service life.

Material Testing Services

There is a large variety of product reliability tests available: