ACCELERATED WEATHERING & CORROSION TESTING
IMR's Ithaca, NY and Louisville, KY labs have extensive corrosion testing capabilities. One of our particular areas of expertise is automotive corrosion specifications.
We have a variety of chambers and environments to fit your needs. From standard B117 salt spray exposure and cyclic corrosion, to domestic and European OEM requirements, we have performed many hours of accelerated weathering testing for automotive clients.
In addition to ASTM, MIL, SAE and ISO methods, some of the OEM specifications we have tested to include GM/GMW, DBL, DIN, Ford, GS, HES, TL, VDA and VCS. Send us your specification today and we'd be happy to review it.
Have monthly panel testing? Contact us for special volume pricing.
CLEANLINESS TESTING
Whether one-time, or routine, we have performed cleanliness testing to a number of manufacturer specifications that cover internal cleanliness of closed systems, surface cleanliness and ionic contamination. We can work with water, or a multitude of solvents.
Whether you manufacture tractors or trucks, send us your specification and we'll see how we can help you.
FAILURE ANALYSIS
IMR's experts have extensive failure analysis and litigation support experience with the automotive industry. As one of IMR's key markets from the beginning, our automotive clients have trusted us to provide thorough, concise and accurate root cause investigations of failed parts for over a decade.
With state of the art equipment and the support of our other departments, the failure group can get you the answers you need to solve your toughest challenges on nonmetallics, metals and contaminants.
WELD & BRAZE QUALIFICATION
With weld qualification experts at all of our labs, IMR can provide the welder & procedure qualification testing you need. From testing raw materials, to qualifying new welders, or analyzing a failed weld, we have the staff, experience and equipment you need. Chemical analysis, mechanical testing, metallurgical analysis and qualification packages are available at all of our labs in the US and Asia.
We can analyze welds to a multitude of specifications including ABS, AMS, API, ASME, AWS, EN, ISO, SAE and more. We'd be happy to review your specification and see how our weld testing group can help you.
