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UK Labs

Specialist & Research Testing Services. UK Labs. 2616. 2016. In Serving Our Customers Better, We Help Them Serve Their Customers Better!. Director D Rossi. Director D Rossi. Director J Rossi. Director J Rossi. Director M Rossi. Director M Rossi. &. &. &. President. President.

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UK Labs

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  1. Specialist & Research Testing Services UK Labs 2616 2016 In Serving Our Customers Better, We Help Them Serve Their Customers Better!

  2. Director D Rossi Director D Rossi Director J Rossi Director J Rossi Director M Rossi Director M Rossi & & & President President - - WMT&R Inc WMT&R Inc VP VP - WMT&R Inc WMT&R Inc VP - WMT&R Inc VP WMT&R Inc A. Cooper Managing Director WMT&R Ltd (International) N F Poyner Managing Director and Technical Manage Company Location & Management Structure Parent Company Location: 40 miles east of Pittsburgh UK. European and Asian growth markets

  3. About the Company • WMT&R established the UK subsidiary in Banbury, Oxfordshire in April 2003 as part of its global expansion programme that continues today. Twelve years later the Nadcap approved UK labs are housed in a state-of-the-art 46,000 sq ft facility opened in January 2015. • Aerospace represents the major part of WMT&R’s customer base. • We are proud to be of service globally to prime customers in this • sector such as Airbus, Boeing, General Electric, Meggitt, Rolls Royce. • We recognise that major European based & Asian engineering companies • such as Mettis Aerospace, Baimtec, Constellium, are continuing to • develop collaborative relationships between Airbus, Boeing, GE, RR • and others. • WMT&R is seeking to establish mutually beneficial links with • key European & Asian companies, and to offer valuable commonality, • continuity and competitiveness for outsourced material testing • requirements for these worldwide industrial partnerships.

  4. The Facility in the UK by Department 7 Advanced sections Air-conditioned Laboratories Tensile & Hydrogen Embrittlement lab • EM (Electro-Mechanical) OES/ICP Chemical SEM Failure Analysis CNC Grinding/Polishing & CNC Machining Composites Conditioning & Testing Lab Metallography & Corrosion Lab Fractures & FCGR HCF & LCF Fatigue Lab Impact & Hardness Test Lab

  5. ParentCompany Facilities by Department – 7 Advanced groups Extensive Capabilities in all departments • Mechanical Testing • Stress Rupture and Creep Testing • Fracture Mechanics • Physical Metallurgy • Fatigue Testing • Chemical/Analytical • Machine Shop • Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research has established a worldwide reputation for high-volume, quick turnaround testing and provision of solutions to difficult problems. • Westmoreland Mechanical Testing and Research was founded in 1967 and has become one of the most advanced mechanical testing laboratories in the U.S.A. The facility is recognised for speciality testing services to automotive, aerospace, medical and power generation sectors. Our state-of-the-art European lab based in the UK has the same capabilities servicing European & Asian markets. Just about any mechanical test is possible including exotic materials

  6. EM – Tensile Laboratory Equipment and Operating Ranges Thin Foils & Sheet a specialty! • 100N to 600kN load testing capabilities • Ambient & elevated temperature testing to 1150 Celsius • Mechanical properties including, ‘r’, ‘n’ and K • Tensile test machines with accurate extensometry • Imetrum optical extensometry • Mitutoyo optical measurement system • Mahr surface roughness system • Vickers/Rockwell & Vickers/Knoop micro-hardness test

  7. Fatigue Laboratory Equipment and Operating Ranges • 1kN to 890kN load testing capabilities • A quantity of test frames primarily of Instron manufacture • All equipped with state-of-the-art systems & components • LCF strain life & HCF stress life testing • Ambient & elevated temperature test up to 1150 Degrees Celsius

  8. Corrosion Test Methods &Equipment • Stress Humidity Cabinets • Salt Spray Chambers (Qfog and Ascott) • Controlled Immersion Testing, e.g., ASSET, Exfoliation, Intergranular • Slow Strain Rate Stress Corrosion Testing • Ageing Ovens & Heat Treatment Furnaces

  9. Machining Centre Equipment • State-of-the-art HAAS machining centres, lathes, ST10, SL10, SL20 and Mills, VF3 and VF5 models • In-house test piece manufacture via CNC • Large saws for bulk product ‘cut-up’ (Kasto saws) • Large sheet guillotine - 3 metre width • Manual lathes & mills for bulk metal cutting • Cylindrical low stress grinding & polishing • EDM capability & subcontractor support for specialist processes • Manned by skilled and experienced staff! We can also machine test pieces for customers & produce jigs/tooling!

  10. Metallography & OES Chemical Analysis Equipment and Operating Ranges • Hot & cold specimen mounting facilities • Ability to prepare macro and micro finishes below 1µ • Microstructural chemical etching • Light microscopy and digital imaging capability • Electron microscopy available on request • Bulk elemental analysis (Spectrometry) • Anodising of aluminium Chemical analysis provided by a spectra instruments analyser

  11. Recently added Capabilities • Charpy Impact – x 2 machines to provide Charpy Impact BS EN 10045, ASTM E23 and IZOD BS 131 methods. • 2 additional RR Moores Fatigue rotating bend test machines • 3 Thermotron hot wet humidity control cabinets • De-embrittlement relief testing to ASTM F519-97– x 14 frames Future Additions • Stress/Creep Rupture and creep strain (INC) – 450 test frames capacity • Specialist polishing apparatus for Nadcap Codes Z1 & Z2 - low • stress grind & polish, Approval achieved December 2015, valid to 2017 • High end fatigue test capacity up to 1.5MN

  12. UKAS – United Kingdom Accreditation Service Quality Assurance No. 2616 TESTING LABORATORY The schedule can be found via UKAS at www.ukas.orgor via www.wmtr.co.uk A sample of our accredited tests is as follows: • Tensile Testing: ASTM E8M, E8M, ASTM E345, ASTM E646, ASTM E517, • ASTM E111, ASTM E9 • Fatigue ASTM E606, BS7270, ASTM E646 and Documented In-House method • for Welded, Adhesive Bonded and mechanical Joints, primarily in sheet materials • Hardness Vickers – ASTME92, Rockwell ASTM E18 ISO/IEC 17025 These and those listed on the full schedule are being added to on a continuous basis

  13. Aerospace Accreditation Re-accreditation granted following Audit - until 2016 AC7101/3 – Mechanical Testing A - Room Temperature Tensile, B - Elevated Temperature Tensile, N – Impact, O – High Cycle Fatigue, P – Fracture Toughness, Y – Low Cycle Fatigue, XH – Cyclic Rupture, XN – Bend Testing XE – Crack Propagation measurement, (Note WMT&R Ltd are the only European Nadcap accredited laboratory to hold Code XE). AC7101/4 Metallography L Metallography, XL Metallography (Macro), LS Near surface exams AC7101/5Hardness – M1 Hardness, M2 (Rockwell), M3 (Vickers) AC7101/6 Corrosion – Q Corrosion (General), Q1 Stress Corrosion AC7101/7 Mechanical Test Specimen Preparation Z1 Z2 Test Specimen machining, Grind & Polishing (GE approved) + Z3 Cast Specimens, Z4 Special Preparations. AC7101/9 Heat Treating of Specimens – XG Heat treating of Specimens AC7122/2 Non metallics (Composites) Nadcap audit approval achieved Dec 2015 valid to 2017

  14. Specialist & Research Testing • Custom Testing Programs and One-offs • Tensile - Thin & delicate product forms, (sheet/wire etc.) • Tensile - Low load tests with ‘r’ and ‘n’ measurements • Fatigue - Fully-reversed, R=-1 strain-life (Thin Products) • Slow Strain Rate testing, (SSR) • Bond Durability/Degradation • Kinematic Hardening • Khan Tear • Aircraft webbing • Optical/video extensometry-tensile testing We can offer specialist testing to unique customer requirements !

  15. WMT&R Ltd – Collaborative and Strategic Partners We seek to partner and collaborate with appropriate companies and establishments who can offer complementary services. We are fortunate to have developed strategic alliances principally with UK businesses, Universities and other consortia. The UK facility will contribute to the development of leading edge technologies which are presented through these collaborative associations. Surface Engineering Technology & Corrosion Automotive Centre of Excellence TSC Rubber and plastics test specialists Technology Strategy Consultants Light Alloy & Process Consultants

  16. Why Choose WMT & R International ? WMT&R's never-ending commitment to its customers is strongly supported by a dedicated and enthusiastic staff. Unquestionably resourceful, knowledgeable and innovative, the state-of-the-art testing facilities are staffed by experienced professionals in Materials science, metallurgy, mechanical engineering, computer programming, chemistry. Substantial testing capacities to permit Quick Turnaround on high volume tests Experienced and Knowledgeable Professionals at your Service Latest Technology providing you High quality, Reliable, Cost-Effective Results WMT&R, Where the Search for Excellence never ends……… Key UK Contact Details: acooper@wmtr.com; vvaghela@ wmtr.com; j.chard@wmtr.com; tcook@wmtr.com; qualityuk@wmtr.com ; salesuk@wmtr.com; ctustain@wmtr.com Tel: 01295 261 211 http://www.wmtr.co.uk

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