ARAI – FID specializes in providing metallurgical evaluation of ferrous and non ferrous materials on:

	Routine evaluations (quality assurance, process validation, raw material certification etc.)
	Metallurgical Failure Analysis

A) Mechanical Testing

Testing Equipment : UTM - Universal Testing Machine Range : Up to 600kN (60T) Make : FIE, India Capability : Tensile & compressive strengths, yield & % elongation, modulus of elasticity

Testing Equipment : Digital Impact Testing Machine Range : 300J Make : FIE, India Capability : Charpy and Izod impact toughness

Testing Equipment : Micro Hardness Range : 10g  to 2kg Make : Shimadzu, Japan Capability :   Hardness testing of annealed, normalized and heat treated components & materials   Case depth measurement by traverse   Micro Hardness of surface coatings   Knoop hardness

Testing Equipment : Brinell Range : 250 kg to 3000 kg Make : FIE, India Capability :   Hardness testing of annealed, normalized and heat treated components & materials   Case depth measurement by traverse   Micro Hardness of surface coatings   Knoop hardness

Testing Equipment : Rockwell Cum Rockwell Superficial Range : A, B, C, D, F, N, T scales Make : FIE, India Capability :   Hardness testing of annealed, normalized and heat treated components & materials   Case depth measurement by traverse   Micro Hardness of surface coatings   Knoop hardness

Testing Equipment : Vickers Range : 5 kg to 50 kg Make : FIE, India Capability :   Hardness testing of annealed, normalized and heat treated components & materials   Case depth measurement by traverse   Micro Hardness of surface coatings   Knoop hardness

B) Chemical Testing

Testing Equipment : Optical Emission Spectrometer Range : 108 channels - PMT detectors 22 channels-CCD detectors Make : Spectro-lab, Germany Capability : Alloy composition of Ferrous and non‐ferrous materials and heavy elements; N, O gases

C) Metallography

Testing Equipment : Optical Microscope Range : 1000 X max Make : Olympus, Japan Capability :   Sample preparation – cutting, mounting and polishing of specimens for micro-structural studies   Image analysis - inclusion rating, micro-structure, grain size measurement   High temperature microscopy (10mg sample, up to 15000C heating and cooling to room temp.)

Testing Equipment : Stereo Zoom Microscope Range : 6.3X to 63X Make : Olympus, Japan Capability : Visual observation of fracture surface

D) Non Destructive Testing

Testing Equipment : Portable Ultrasonic Flaw Detector Range : Straight and angle beam probes, 20MHz bandwidth at 3dB Make : Olympus,  (Panametric) USA Capability : Internal flaws such as cracks, porosity, blow holes, laminations, seams etc.

Testing Equipment : Magnetic Particle Inspection of Components Range : Ø 300 mm & L - 2m Make : Dyeglow, Pune Capability : Surface & sub-surface defects

Testing Equipment : Residual Stress Analyzer Range : Psi Oscillations - 0 to ±8° Psi tilt ± 56° geometry, Make : Proto, Canada Capability : Measurement of residual stresses and retained austenite