Quality Assurance/ Testing

Badger Alloys’ Quality Assurance Testing Equipment and Capabilities

Badger Alloys’ metal casting Testing and Research & Development Departments are dedicated to ensuring customers receive the highest quality castings. Our extensive on-site testing equipment and additional quality assurance capabilities support our certified professionals and highly trained metallurgist in their chemical analysis, mechanical analysis, metallographic analysis, non-destructive testing (NDT) and sand testing services.  Their work is detailed, precise, and crucial to the success of the casting process.

Our metal casting quality assurance testing gives our customers confidence that their Badger Alloys castings:

• Meet specified mechanical and chemical properties, vital for product safety and performance
• Maintain consistency in production to meet regulatory standards over time
• Achieve desired high quality, with minimized field failures and associated repair/replacement costs
• Are produced optimally, with better yield rates and reduced cycle times
• Adhere to industry standards and regulations, essential for market acceptance and legal compliance

Chemical Analysis

Available Chemical Analysis Quality Assurance Capabilities

• Combustion analysis for carbon/sulfur
• Inert gas fusion analysis for oxygen/nitrogen
• PMI via portable or stationary X-ray fluorescence spectrometers

On-site Testing Equipment for Chemical Analysis

• Spectro SpectroMaxX LMF06 optical emission spectrometer
• Spectro SpectroMaxX LMX06 optical emission spectrometer
• SciAps Z-902 Carbon laser-induced breakdown spectrometer

Mechanical Analysis

Available Mechanical Testing Quality Assurance Capabilities

• Tensile testing to ASTM or ISO specifications
• Charpy impact testing to ASTM or ISO specifications
• Macro Vickers hardness testing
• Vickers and Knoop microhardness testing
• Weldability testing

On-site Mechanical Analysis Testing Equipment

• Wilson Model BT-504 Rockwell hardness tester
• King Tester portable Brinell hardness testers
• Detroit PHL-series stationary Brinell hardness tester

Metallographic Analysis

Available Metallographic Quality Assurance Capabilities

• Metallographic preparation to ASTM E3 or ISO 20580
• Ferrite analysis to ASTM A800, ASTM E562, or ASTM A923
• Cast iron analysis to ASTM A247
• Other metallographic examinations as required
• General corrosion testing to ASTM, ISO, or MIL specifications
• Intergranular corrosion testing to ASTM A262 or ISO 3651-2
• Other corrosion testing as required

On-site Metallographic Testing Equipment

• LECO VX4 inverted microscope
• Olympus SZX7 stereoscope
• PAX-It! image capture and analysis software

Available Non-Destructive Examination Capabilities

• Visual examination
• Liquid penetrant testing
• Magnetic particle testing
• Radiography
• Ultrasonic testing

On-site Foundry Sand Testing Equipment and Capabilities

• Simpson Technologies Model 42104 sand tensile tester
• pH testing
• Loss-on-ignition (LOI) testing
• Sieve analysis

Put Badger Alloys to the Test!

Thorough quality assurance testing in metal casting is essential for ensuring your components are safe, reliable, and defect-free, and that they meet your specifications as well as any federal requirements. At Badger Alloys, our highly qualified and trained metallurgist and laboratory technicians give our customers the assurance that their Badger Alloys castings are safe and reliable. Put us to the test!