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Fracture Toughness Testing gains A2LA Accreditation, Boeing and GE Approval at Laboratory Testing Inc.

Fracture Toughness Testing has been added to Laboratory Testing Inc.'s scope of A2LA accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2005. Boeing Company and GE Transportation - Aviation have also approved LTI as a Source for Fracture Toughness Testing.

2012-09-12
HATFIELD, PA, September 12, 2012 (Press-News.org) Laboratory Testing Inc. (LTI) has expanded its scope of accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 with The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). The laboratory has been awarded A2LA accreditation for Fracture Toughness Testing under the umbrella of approvals in the field of Mechanical Testing. In addition, the Boeing Company has audited and approved Laboratory Testing lnc. as a Source for Fracture Toughness Testing to ASTM E399, and has added the test to their list of LTI approved processes. Likewise, GE Transportation - Aviation has added Fracture Toughness Testing to LTI's S400 Certification of Approval.

Fracture Toughness Testing measures the conditions under which an existing crack in a material will lengthen when under prescribed loading conditions. The fracture toughness test is performed on a specimen with a pre-existing crack to determine resistance to further crack extension. LTI performs fracture toughness testing to ASTM standards E399 and E1820.
Laboratory Testing Inc. received its first A2LA accreditation certificate in 1989 for dimensional testing and has continued to expand the scope of A2LA accredited testing and calibration services since that time.

All of LTI's current A2LA accreditations are valid until March 31, 2013 and may be viewed on the company website at http://www.labtesting.com/quality-accreditations.php.

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.


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[Press-News.org] Fracture Toughness Testing gains A2LA Accreditation, Boeing and GE Approval at Laboratory Testing Inc.
Fracture Toughness Testing has been added to Laboratory Testing Inc.'s scope of A2LA accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025:2005. Boeing Company and GE Transportation - Aviation have also approved LTI as a Source for Fracture Toughness Testing.