Metallurgical Services

Understand your materials at a deeper level

Metallurgical services provide detailed insight into the structure, composition and behaviour of materials – helping you validate performance, resolve issues and optimise design.

As materials and manufacturing processes become more complex, understanding how a material behaves at a microstructural level is essential. We support this by combining advanced testing techniques with expert interpretation, giving you clarity on how materials will perform in real-world conditions.

From testing to expert interpretation

We offer a wide range of metallurgical services in order to characterise a material’s properties. Understanding and refining a metals microstructure is the key to obtaining the optimum mechanical performance.

Our skilled metallurgists and materials engineers have a depth of knowledge in a wide range of materials and material processing, meaning that they are well placed to provide expert interpretation of any test results.

Our techniques include:

  • Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Image Analysis
  • Automated Hardness Testing
  • Coating Thickness Measurements
  • Optical Metallography

Our process

01

Understand

We define your objectives, whether that’s validation, investigation or optimisation.

02

Select

Appropriate metallurgical techniques are chosen based on material type and required outcomes.

03

Prepare

Samples are prepared using controlled methods to ensure accurate and repeatable results.

04

Analyse

Materials are examined to assess structure, composition and performance characteristics.

05

Interpret

Findings are translated into clear recommendations to support decision-making.

A wide range of metallurgical services

R-TECH Group can apply their expertise to support a wide range of metallurgical assessments including:

  • Carburisation depth
  • Casting evaluation
  • Case hardening depth
  • Intergranular corrosion assessments
  • Metallographic assessment
  • Prior austenite grain size
  • Phase segregation and identification
  • Porosity measurements
  • Delta Ferrite counts
  • Coating evaluations
  • Corrosion testing
  • Inclusion content
  • Plating thickness
  • Hardness testing
  • Micro-hardness testing
  • Fractography
  • Grain size measurement and distribution
  • Phase Analysis
  • Image Analysis
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • Optical Microscopy
  • Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
  • Optical Emission Spectroscopy
  • X-Ray Diffraction
  • Carbon & Sulphur Combustion Analysis
  • Nitrogen Combustion Analysis
  • Culturing of Micro-Organisms
  • Residual Stress Measurements

Case Studies