R-TECH Materials were requested to conduct a metallurgical investigation of the causes of failure during testing of welded connections on a thermal fuse from a white goods application.
R-TECH Materials received a batch of five barrel nuts. The client was concerned that the machining tolerances were out of specification on three of the samples. R-TECH Materials were requested to conduct mechanical tests to determine if the out-of-specification tolerances had affected the mechanical performance of the nuts.
R-TECH Materials recently conducted a testing programme on the SUPERLATCH® system, which has been developed to aid in the construction of rotary-bored reinforced concrete piles and reinforced concrete diaphragm walls.
R-Tech Materials received a polycarbonate dining plate chop cover from a cruise ship with the request to determine the cause of cracking. This was one of thousands that were failing prematurely resulting in plastic fragments falling into consumers’ food.
R-TECH Materials received an enquiry from a company that wanted to reverse engineer an aircraft interior panel made by a competitor, in order to replicate it. Several pieces of the panel were sent to R-TECH for analysis.
In 2016, Sigmatex developed a new recycled carbon fibre material primarily aimed at the automotive industry. R-TECH Materials were tasked with carrying out the testing for this project with a tight deadline.
R-TECH Materials received a request for testing of a basalt fibre to qualify the validity of the customer’s internal testing.
R-TECH Materials, a rapidly growing UK composites testing business was appointed by Lloyds Register as its exclusive global laboratory partner in 2012.
R-TECH Materials received two lengths of tube from a boiler economiser tube from a power station. One of the samples had developed a leak. R-TECH Materials were requested to determine the cause of the rupture.
R-Tech Materials received a P22 drain line tube from an MP steam header with the request to determine the cause of a wide open rupture.
R-Tech Materials received a fractured stainless steel bolt, grade 201, from a cargo line of a crude oil tanker with the request to determine the cause of the failure by conducting a fracture analysis.
R-TECH Materials were supplied a short length of hose from a gun used for applying thermal sprayed coatings, which had ruptured causing a fire. R-TECH Materials were requested to determine the cause of the rupture.
R-TECH Materials were requested to conduct a push test on the back plate of a sensor housing for the aerospace industry.
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