Services at RÜBIG Materials Competence Center – Laboratory
All examination methods and operations are performed in accordance to current standards and norms.
Material Examinations
- Sampling and sectioning of parts to be examined
- Preparation of metallographic specimens and mounts, macro- and micro-slides:
cold or warm embedding, etching of micrographs - Coating thickness measurement: calo test or light microscopic examination of sectioned and embedded samples
- Coating adhesion testing: via Rockwell C indentation test
- Coating hardness testing: instrumented identation hardness test
- Chemical composition analysis: determination of material grade (via arc spectrometry, GDOES or EDX microanalysis)
Materials Analysis and Failure Analysis
- Light microscopic investigations: microstructure evaluation, determination of grain size, degree of purity and carbide bands / network, ...
- Chemical composition analysis for probably mixed-up materials
- EDX microanalysis for small metallic samples (e.g. foreign particles, chips, etc.)
- Depth profile analysis, near surface carbon and nitrogen measurements
- Chemical composition analysis of coatings
- Hardness testing in accordance to Rockwell, Brinell and Vickers (micro and macro hardness)
- Mobile harndness testing, instrumentated hardness testing
- Fully automated hardness profile measurements (determination of case depth, hardness measurements across weld seams)
- Stereo microscopy (fractography)
- Scanning electron microscopy (fractography, surface appearance, microstructure evaluation)
- Salt spray corrosion test
- Failure analysis (determination of failure root causes, improvement and remedial measures)
Trainings and Consulting
- Professional trainings and tutorials regarding general heat treatment, special topics and applications (at Rübig or at the customer's site) ...latest trainings at RÜBIG!
Heat treatment research and developments