Laboratory Testing Inc. Employee Promoted to X-ray Inspection Supervisor
Long-time NDT employee and X-ray inspection technician at Laboratory Testing Inc. has been promoted to X-ray Supervisor to oversee all X-ray inspections and staffing.
HATFIELD, PA, May 01, 2011
Jason Tucker of Perkasie, PA has been promoted to X-ray Supervisor at Laboratory Testing Inc. (LTI). He oversees testing, staffing, order processing and other daily operations in the X-ray laboratory. Tucker has been with LTI for seven years as a Technician in the Nondestructive Testing Department. He has performed X-ray inspection for the past five years and is a certified Level II Inspector in X-ray Inspection.Items large and small undergo X-ray inspection at LTI in a 20 ft. x 20 ft. radiography vault or a lead-lined cabinet for objects such as electronic parts. Metal, plastic and other solid products are routinely inspected. The X-ray inspections create permanent film records of the internal condition of inspected materials, which technicians use to locate internal flaws, verify the integrity of components, determine the quality of welds and help identify the source in fire investigations.
Laboratory Testing Inc. (LTI) of Hatfield, PA has been in business since 1984. The company specializes in materials testing, nondestructive testing, specimen machining, failure analysis and calibration services. The laboratory is accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 by PRI/Nadcap and A2LA, which complies with ISO 9001 and ISO 13485. Mechanical, chemical, metallurgical and nondestructive testing services are performed on metals, alloys and other materials. Chemical analysis is also offered for a variety of other materials including powdered metals, ores, ferroalloys, composites, ceramics, aerospace materials and nuclear materials. Test specimens are machined on-site and material investigations are conducted to determine the root cause of material failures. The calibration lab, LTI Metrology, provides dimensional, pressure, force, torque, mass and vacuum calibration services traceable to NIST. Field calibration service is offered for surface plates, hardness testers, optical comparators, balances, hand tools and testing machines. LTI provides new instruments and replacement parts as a representative for manufacturers such as Mitutoyo, Starrett, Boston Centerless, Glastonbury Southern Gage and Vermont Gage. Information on Laboratory Testing services and accreditations is available at http://www.labtesting.com, sales@labtesting.com or 800-784-2882.