Testing
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.
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