Purpose and Objectives
- Develop and optimize new metal alloys and heat treatment processes
- Improve strength, ductility, corrosion resistance, and fatigue life
- Ensure consistency, reliability, and safety of metal components
- Support product validation and compliance with industry standards (ASTM, ISO, SAE)
Key Activities in Metal R&D Quality Control
- Material Characterization
- Chemical composition analysis (e.g., OES, XRF, ICP)
- Microstructure evaluation (grain size, phase distribution)
- Mechanical Property Testing
- Tensile, compression, hardness, impact, and fatigue testing
- Stress-strain behavior and yield strength evaluation
- Heat Treatment & Metallurgical Analysis
- Optimization of annealing, quenching, tempering, and case hardening
- Study of phase transformations using TTT/CCT diagrams
- Failure Analysis & Fractography
- Root cause analysis of fractures, fatigue cracks, and corrosion
- SEM/EDX used for microstructural and elemental insights
Benefits for Metal R&D and Quality Control
- Accelerates material innovation with precise measurement feedback
- Reduces time-to-market by validating prototype quality
- Improves performance and reliability of end products
- Enables root cause failure analysis and continuous improvement
- Ensures compliance with regulatory and customer specifications