McConway & Torley, LLC performs a variety of testing in-house from steel chemistry ladle analysis, to fatigue testing of final product, in accordance with AAR, ISO and ASTM specifications.  The core of our R&D testing facility is a custom built, 1.5 Million lbs capacity coupler tensile & fatigue testing machine.  This purpose built machine allows M&T to prove designs and processes to AAR standards, as well as validate engineering simulations.  Our mechanical tensile lab also provides validation of all heat treating processes through measurement of mechanical properties.  A full list of testing capabilities can be seen below.

Mechanical Testing

• Tensile testing of coupons (yield and ultimate strength)
• Tensile testing of final product (yield and ultimate strength)
• Hardness testing
• Fatigue testing of product assemblies
• Stress/Strain measurement
• Coordinate measurement machines (CMM) for Geometric validation
• 3D Laser Scanning

Chemistry Testing

• Chemical Ladle Analysis via Spectrograph

Sand Testing

• Grain Fineness
• Mold & Core Hardness and strength
• LOI (loss on ignition)
• pH and Active Clay content