Supplies for Testing Services

Supplying material testing laboratories with the right accessories for lab testing

Whether you perform your own testing services in your manufacturing plant or own/operate your own material testing lab, you've got to have the right supplies for testing services. Using the right testing supplies and equipment will help you shorten design cycles, increase productivity and bring products to market faster.

Performing destructive/nondestructive testing or lab/onsite testing requires reliable equipment and supplies that will help you perform your job as effectively and efficiently as possible with reliable and accurate results, thus ensuring more business and a stronger bottom line for your company. This guide looks at just some of the sources for equipment and supplies for testing services you'll find beneficial:

1. Find the supplies and accessories you require for material testing laboratories.

2. Invest in equipment used for concrete testing services and metallurgical testing labs.

3. Research other successful industrial testing labs to learn more about their equipment and instrumentation.

 

Order accessories and supplies for testing services

You'll find plenty of suppliers and manufacturers of supplies for metal testing labs and other material testing services.
Try: Look for the test cables you need at MegaPhase. The company offers low-cost alternatives to OEM test cables, as well as other brands of bench test cables, VNA test port extension cables, armored test cables, thermal vacuum/altitude test cables and broadband test sets. If you use oscilloscopes, logic analyzers or spectrum analyzers, find those plus probes and other accessories at Tektronix. To satisfy your quality assurance standards, learn more about the calibrators available at Artvik, a company that customizes equipment to the requirements of industrial markets. It provides calibration system products, engineering services and consulting services to oil and gas, petrochemical/chemical companies, metallurgy/mining, energy and other companies. Check out the latest in accessories for construction material testing services at Humboldt Mfg. Co. Humboldt offers everything you'll need for lab testing and onsite testing services.

Set up your testing services and/or laboratory with the right equipment

Regardless of the type of testing you perform, you'll find resources for buying and learning more about testing equipment.
Try: If you perform nondestructive testing (NDT), bookmark Test Equipment Distributors as a source for finding NDT equipment. TED has served customers for more than 30 years and guarantees the lowest prices. If your company offers concrete testing services, read the article titled "Standards Enable New Cement and Concrete Testing Technology" on the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) website. The article addresses automation, automated Vicat testing, automated cube consolidation and new technology developments important to concrete testing labs. Read more about the Universal Testing Machine systems from Measurements Technology  for automated materials testing. MTI's systems range from force capacities of 1,000 lbs. to 100,000 lbs. MTI can also provide your company with significant cost savings if you're simply reconstructing a mechanically sound but outdated frame instead of purchasing an entire new system. Look for reconditioned and/or surplus metallurgical equipment and supplies from Mark V Laboratory, a company in business since 1961.

Compare and learn from other materials testing laboratories

Some industrial testing laboratories will share information on their websites about the technology and instrumentation they employ.
Try: Visit the websites of Chemir Analytical Services and Metallurgical Engineering Services to view highlights of their primary testing instrumentation.

 

• For those who own or operate materials testing laboratories and other industrial testing services and perform nondestruction testing services, consider looking for annual trade shows that showcase the latest in equipment and supplies.
• Take advantage of proficiency testing and training available to enhance your company's reputation within the lab testing industry.

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