Additive manufacturing testing center
Additive manufacturing: testing and validation of materials and components
TEC Eurolab is the testing laboratory that works with you in your additive manufacturing process
Additive technologies are becoming increasingly important in industrial manufacturing, in different application areas, due to the many potentials they offer in terms of design freedom, speed, and absence of molds.
However, to have quality products, their use as a manufacturing system requires fine-tuning of all the many aspects that contribute to the result:
- material used
- Verification of the validity of the printing parameters
- arrangement of the workpiece in the work chamber
Our solution: support from experimentation to qualification
In an industry that is not yet regulated or standardized like additive manufacturing, knowledge of the technology represents an important opportunity for companies that want to ensure the quality of their 3D printing products and processes.
TEC Eurolab supports companies in the transition from traditional industrial processes to additive manufacturing, accompanying them throughout the entire process of experimentation, industrialization and qualification.
Thanks to the specialized skills we have acquired and our equipment, we rank among the leading laboratories in Italy to have in-depth knowledge of the entire additive manufacturing process.
We provide companies with valuable support in materials characterization, through multiple static and dynamic tests, and finished component analysis.
Established experience, departments synergy and state-of-the-art instrumentation enable our center to provide specific information, perform tests in accordance with standards, accompany the customer in evaluating the results of the analysis, and suggest any improvements to be made to the design or settings of additive manufacturing processes.
Support for companies begins as early as the pre-analysis phase, when the project is initiated together with the client, and continues into the testing phases and, later, with the analysis of test results.
What can be tested at our laboratories?
TEC Eurolab supports you along the entire additive manufacturing production chain. We perform all the necessary tests to validate:
- metal powders
- additive manufacturing specimens
- finished component
Our videos on TEC Eurolab's services for additive manufacturing
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Chemical and physical analysis
- Specific chemical analysis (ICP + Combustion + NOH + CS) - X-Ray fluorescent (XRF)
- Granulometric distributions (laser+sieves) - ASTM B822 Flow Rate ASTM B213
- Tap density / Apparent density - ASTM B212
- Humidity content determination
- Density according to ASTM B962
Metallurgical analysis
- Automatic Metallographic Polishing System
- Optical microscopy analysis
- Metallography Inspection
- SEM metallography and comparative microanalysis
- Residual stress
- Evaluation of the HIP and HT effects
- Macro and micrographic examinations
- Brinell hardness test ASTM E10
- Rockwell hardness test ASTM E18
- Failure Analysis
Testing and machining
- Resilience testing according to ISO 148-1, ASTM E23 and ASTM A370
- RT static tensile tests - ASTM E8/E8M, ISO 6892-1
- Tensile test from -40° to 1200°C - ASTM E21, ISO 6892-2
- Fatigue test RT at 1200°C - ASTM E466, ASTM E 468, ASTM E606, ISO 1099, ISO 12106
- Bearing strength test - ASTM E238
- Shear strength test - ASTM B769
- Compression strenght test - ASTM E9
- Fracture mechanics testing at elevated temperature according to ASTM E647, ASTM E1820/E399, ISO 12737 and ISO 12108
- Stress rapture and creep tests up to 1200°C according to ISO 204, ASTM E139, ASTM E292
- RT rotating deflection
- Preparation of specimens thanks to our in-house workshop
Do you need a mechanical test?
Non-destructive testing and industrial tomography
- Qualitative and quantitative defect analysis using our three tomographic systems
- Dimensional analysis by industrial tomography
- Wall thickness
- Radiographic Inspection (RT, CR, DR)
- 2D X-ray
- Spot weld Peel test
Metrological and dimensional analysis
- Quality control
- Surface roughness analysis
- Dimensional measurements using CMM and laser scanning
- Inspections according to ISO/ASTM 52902 (Geometric capability assessment of additive manufacturing systems)
- Reverse Engineering
- Gage R&R
- Statistical process control (SPC)
Do you need a dimensional inspection?
Functional tests on component
- Test Engineering and technical support for defining test specifications (fluid dynamics, pneumatics, hydraulics, thermal, dynamics)
- Environmental and functional testing
- Mechanical-dynamic endurance testing of finished or developing components
- Endurance testing by pneumatic and hydraulic pressurization with leak check
- Strain gauge measurements on components
- Thermal Shock
What tests do you need?
TEC Eurolab can perform the tests you need
Certify your additive manufacturing personnel with Valor
Having a trained and certified staff is an important value for any industry that cares about the quality of its process,product and service to its customers.
Sideius Certification Body, together with Skillantis offers training and certification courses designed to provide designers, technicians and operators with the theoretical and practical skills needed to manage 3D printing technologies and related quality controls.
