Met Lab
FMP Met Lab is a full service metallurgical testing laboratory that plays an integral role in FMP’s ability to deliver high quality, on spec, processed material to customers.
Accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017, FMP Met Lab’s on-staff metallurgists assure that you get accurate, dependable metallurgical testing results and that your delivered material has the properties important to your customers.
Fast Toll Testing Available
FMP Met Lab also provides testing services to customers not affiliated with our coil processing sister divisions. We serve flat rolled service centers, automotive and non-automotive stampers, blankers, and roll formers.
If you require mechanical testing of flat rolled products, we can help.
With the best turnaround times and competitive pricing, FMP Met Lab can be your trusted testing source when you have an overload situation or temporary machine breakdown, or if you need tests not supported by your current lab.
For more information on how we can meet your specific testing needs, contact Mark Slack at mslack@ferrousmetalprocessing.com or call 216-671-6161, ext. 127.
Lab Capabilities
Our lab has a full complement of equipment to consistently and accurately perform the following Commercial Lab mechanical testing services for metal sheet, strip and plate:
- Tensile Testing
- 60,000 lbf load cell capability
- Able to test thicknesses .015” through 1.0”
- Prepared tensile specimens conform to ASTM E8 and DIN EN ISO 6892-1 A80.
- Rockwell Hardness Testing
- N-Value (Strain Hardening Exponent)
- Superficial Hardness Testing
- Bend Testing
- Metallographic Analysis
- Grain Size
- Inclusion Content
- Using ASTM E45 Method A standard
- Depth of Decarburization
- Degree of Spheroidization
- Photomicrography
