Weld Evaluation

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Hurst Metallurgical performs weld inspection, welding and brazing procedure qualification testing including tensile, bend, impact, microhardness testing, and macrostructural evaluation.

  • Welding/Brazing Procedure Specification (WPS and BPS) Qualification Testing per ASME, AWS, API, MIL-STD and others.

  • Welder/Welding Operator/Brazing Operator Qualification Testing per ASME, AWS, API, MIL-STD and others (Qualified welding/brazing procedure specification required).

  • Rockwell, Vicker’s and Knoop microhardness testing of weld joints.

  • Weld Joint Notch-Toughness Testing (Charpy V-Notch Impact Tests) per ASME, AWS and others. Temperatures from plus 80 deg F to minus 320 deg F.

  • Corrosion testing to detect for susceptibility to intergranular corrosion in austenitic stainless steels.

  • Special welding evaluations including joint evaluation, heat treat troubleshooting, NACE hardness surveys and macro as well as micro evaluations.

  • Technical customer support including question and answer, specification research, WPS and PQR formats.

  • Heat treatment and NDT through approved vendors.

Accurate results. Rapid turnaround. Experienced personnel.