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Ensure the materials from which your application’s fasteners are manufactured are fit for use with testing and engineering services from SGS MSi.
An A2LA and ISO/IEC 17025 accredited laboratory, we establish material chemical and mechanical characteristics with destructive testing methods. Our findings ultimately determine safety, compliance and application suitability. Our capabilities include:
- Raw material validation
- Production issue solutions
- Finished and semi-finished good assessment
- Product failure analysis
- High-end metallurgical engineering services
Determining material properties help understand performance capabilities and establishes operating ranges for materials manufactured into fasteners. SGS MSi has more than three decades of experience with fastener applications. Common tests we perform for this industry include:
Materials types we analyze for fastener-specific applications include carbon steel, stainless steel, and titanium, among others. They are often supplied in the heat-treated condition. We often examine specimens to determine the following:
- Heat treat verification
- Chemical conformance
- Mechanical conformance
- Failure analysis
- Root cause corrective actions
With laboratories in the United States of America and Canada, SGS MSi is well positioned to deliver comprehensive material development, processing, characterization, and testing support to our clients.
Our laboratory equipment is state-of-the-art and regularly calibrated to ensure accuracy. Calibration records are available upon request.
SGS MSi provides detailed reports listing test type, parameters, and results obtained when analyzing materials. The language used is clear and easy to understand. We present documentation for investigations with a summary conclusion of results, any criterion supporting those findings and, if appropriate, insights into possible failure avoidance.
Confirm materials are suitable for your fastener application with testing and certification services from SGS MSi.
Contact our team for more information about our fastener-specific services.
| SAE F606 | Standard Test Methods for Determining the Mechanical Properties of Externally and Internally Threaded Fasteners, Washers, Direct Tension Indicators, and Rivets | |
| SAE J429 | Mechanical and Quality Requirement for Externally Threaded Fasteners | |
| SAE J1199 | Mechanical and Material Requirements for Metric Externally Threaded Steel Fasteners | |
| SAE J995 | Mechanical and Material Requirements for Steel Nuts | |
| SAE B117 | Salt Spray Test used to Produce Relative Corrosion Resistance Information for Specimens of Metals and Coated Metals Exposed in a Standardized Corrosive Environment | |
| ISO 898-1 | Mechanical properties of fasteners made of carbon steel and alloy steel — Part 1: Bolts, screws and studs with specified property classes — Coarse thread and fine pitch thread | |
| ISO 898-2 | Mechanical properties of fasteners made of carbon steel and alloy steel — Part 2: Nuts with specified property classes |