Materials are the foundation for everything from buildings and transportation to home appliances, smartphones, and computers. To use these materials to our advantage and find applications that best match their inherent properties, we must first develop a more in-depth understanding of their structure and composition. To accomplish this, Modern Industries combines contemporary technology and microscopy techniques to get inside the “mind” of a material. 

The various metals and materials used today are made up of complex crystal structures which dictate their physical properties. To understand each material, we must understand the microstructure and how it affects the way the material acts in service. Using microscopy techniques, we can see what drives materials to act the way they do. Features such as grain size, inclusion content, microstructural phases, particle size, grain flow, and susceptibility to corrosion can all have a positive or negative influence on how a material responds during use based on the material type and application environment. 

Being able to quantify these features is a tremendous step toward predicting how certain materials will behave. These same characteristics and features also provide critical information as to why a certain material may have failed. Modern Industries’ multifaceted lab is staffed with highly knowledgeable and experienced scientists and engineers who can perform failure analysis and problem-solving tactics that integrate metallurgical, physical, and chemical aspects of materials testing. 

Utilizing a vast array of metals has become commonplace in today’s manufacturing practices and Modern Industries is leading the way in subsequent testing of these materials. Ensuring the proper function, structure, and material properties of metals before our customers incorporate them into end components is a top priority and ultimately provides unmatched savings in development time and financial investment. To satisfy a growing demand for metallurgical services, Modern Industries employs optical light microscopy, zoom stereography, microhardness testing, scanning electron microscopy, and other contemporary technological and analytical testing methods. 

  • 3D Printed Metal
  • Carbon and Low Alloy Steel
  • Copper, Bronze, Brass
  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Nickle Alloys – Inconel, Incoloy, Waspaloy, Hastelloy
  • Cobalt – Rene, Stellite
  • Titanium Alloys
  • Magnesium
  • Cast Irons
  • Cast Steels

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