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Mechanical Testing and Materials Characterization Services

Advanced Engineering & Manufacturing

Concurrent Technologies Corporation is an independent, nonprofit, applied scientific research and development organization. As a nonprofit, we partner with clients to provide the best possible advanced engineering & manufacturing solutions. Our facilities are built and approved to protect sensitive manufacturing, programs, and information processing. We offer extensive test services expertise, including:

• Specialty Testing • Mechanical Testing – High Temperature and Cryogenic• Materials Characterization Preparation and Examination• Dynamic Tear and Drop Weight Testing

Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) has operated a full service mechanical testing and materials characterization laboratory for over 30 years. Our experienced team has performed quick turnaround testing services for a multitude of government and commercial clients, from small-scale testing to overall test programs for material qualifications. Our testing support staff includes a Ph.D metallurgical scientist and an engineering staff with 100 years of combined materials experience.

CTC’s quality management system is certified to the ISO 9001:2015 (Quality) and 14001:2015 (Environmental) standards. CTC’s for-profit affiliate, Enterprise Ventures Corporation (EVC), is certified to the AS9100 standard for aerospace activities.

Mechanical Testing and Materials Characterization Services

Testing Capabilities

Testing ServicesSpecialty Testing

Including Instrumentation and

Process Development

High Temperature (3100°F) Vacuum and Cryogenic Testing at Strain Rates of

up to Approximately 20 in/in/sec

Materials Characterization Preparation and

Examination

Dynamic Tear and Drop Weight

Testing

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Corrosion Testing• Accelerated Weathering – ASTM G26• Alternate Immersion – ASTM G44• ASSET Testing – ASTM G66• Condensation – ASTM D4585• Cyclic Corrosion – GMW14872• EXCO Test – ASTM G34• Filiform Corrosion – ASTM D2803C• Filiform Corrosion – ASTM D2803,

Procedure C• Humidity – ASTM D1748, D1735• Hydrogen Embrittlement – C-rings –

ASTM F519• Modified Salt Fog Testing – ASTM G85,

Annex 1, 2, 3, 5• NAMLT Testing – ASTM G67• Salt Fog Testing – ASTM B117• Sandwich Corrosion – ASTM F1110• Stress Corrosion Cracking – ASTM G64,

G58, G47, G49• Total Immersion Corrosion – ASTM F483• Ultraviolet (A or B) Condensation –

ASTM D4587

Destructive Testing• Bearing Strength Testing – ASTM E238• Bend and Flexure Testing – ASTM E290• Compression Testing – ASTM B312, ASTM B331,

ASTM B528, ASTM E9, ASTM E209• Custom Load/Cyclic/Displacement tests according

to customer needs• Dynamic Tear Testing – ASTM E604,

ASTM E208• Ductility and Formability Testing• Fatigue – ASTM E466, ASTM E606 load and strain

control up to 50 kip• Fracture Toughness – ASTM E399, ASTM E1820• Fracture Toughness – ASTM E399,

ASTM E1820• Fracture Testing – ASTM E643• Impact Testing – ASTM E23• In-Plane Shear – ASTM D3518• Precision Modulus and Poisson’s Ratio – ASTM

E111, ASTM E132• Rotating Bending Fatigue Testing• Tension Testing – ASTM E8, ASTM D412, ASTM E21

Materials Compatibility• Various substrates and methods• Programs developed in-house

Metallurgical Analysis• Energy Dispersive Spectrometry (EDS)• Hardness Testing – ASTM E18, ASTM E384• Image Analysis – ASTM E45, ASTM E112,

ASTM E1122, ASTM E1245• Microhardness Testing – ASTM B578 • Nanohardness Testing• Optical Microscopy• Sample Preparation• State-of -the-art Scanning Electron

Microscopy (SEM) with 100,000x magnification along with EDAX/EBSD and elemental mapping

CTC has 16,000 square feet of lab space and 130,000 square feet of high bay work/demonstration space.

Tinius-Olsen Universal Testing Machine 120 kip

Custom Component Load Testing

Process inspection and load testing of designed

materials

Reichert Metallograph

MTS 3 - 200kip load capacity, 2200°F max

temperature in ambientenvironment

MTS 2 - 55kip load capacity, -450°F to 2300°F

MTS 1 - 50kip load capacity, 3100°F max temperature

with inert environment, rapid strain rates

LECO M-400-G Microhardness Tester

SEM with up to 100,000x magnification, EDS-EBSD

Instron Drop Tower - 20,000 ft-lbs capability at full load and

drop height, specimen test temperatures down to -452°F

MTS 810

Tinius Olsen Impact Tester - 300 ft lbs load capacity for Charpy, Izod and tension

impact tests, capableof temperatures down to -452°F

ContactAndrew Shapero, Senior Director, Advanced Engineering & Sustainable Manufacturing, (952) 210-9585, shaperoa@ctc.com