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Mechanical Testing Services

Accelerate your product development and ensure regulatory compliance with Element's comprehensive mechanical testing services for materials, products and components. Whether you need standard compliance testing or custom programs for complex materials, our global network of experts delivers precise, reliable results tailored to your specific project requirements.

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Element is a global leader in mechanical testing, delivering comprehensive solutions for both metallic and non-metallic materials, components, and specialized products. Our capabilities span everything from routine strength evaluations to advanced techniques such as abrasion resistance, fatigue and creep testing, Charpy impact analysis, and multi-axial loading. Consolidating all your mechanical testing needs with a single trusted provider simplifies your workflow, improves turnaround, and saves you valuable time. 

By replicating real-world conditions - tension, compression, bending, and shear - we deliver precise insights into material performance. This allows us to assess strength, toughness, and durability under the exact demands your applications face. Controlled failure testing enables us to uncover performance limits, helping you enhance product quality, boost reliability, and reduce risk. 

Element’s mechanical testing services are fully accredited to NADCAP and ISO 17025 standards, making us a trusted partner to industries such as aerospace, defense, automotive, construction, energy, medical devices, and transportation. Our global network of laboratories delivers highly customized testing programs tailored to your specific project requirements, including high-temperature testing up to 1400°C, cryogenic evaluations, and the assessment of oversized components. 

No matter the complexity of the material or the demands of the application, you can count on Element for fast, accurate, and compliant results - wherever you are in the world.

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Aerospace Mechanical Testing

View our range of aerospace mechanical testing services for both metals and non-metals - designed to help ensure that your materials are suitable for aviation use where failure is not an option.

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Physical and Mechanical Testing of Polymers for Pharmaceuticals

Element offers tailored rubber, polymer, and plastic testing services, supporting quality control, failure analysis, and product development with advanced techniques and expert insights for pharmaceuticals.

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Mechanical Testing of Composites

Element provides expert mechanical testing for composite materials, ensuring strength, durability, and compliance with industry standards. Services include tensile, shear, compression, and fatigue testing.

Charpy Impact Testing

Charpy Impact Testing Services

Charpy impact testing provides a wealth of material data with a single impact strength test, ensuring safety and integrity of components and products. Learn More about our ISO 17025 accredited services.

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Compression Testing

Element's compression testing services evaluate material strength, durability, and performance under load, helping you reduce failure risk, meet standards, and improve product development. Learn More.

Mechanical Testing at Cryogenic Temperatures

Mechanical Testing at Cryogenic Temperatures

Element's expert cryogenic testing services ensure the reliability and optimum performance of your materials in low temperature conditions.

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Drop Weight Tear Test (DWTT) Methods

Drop weight tear testing evaluates material fracture characteristics, ensuring pipeline and pressure vessel performance in demanding environments. Expert analysis identifies brittleness, ductility, and durability under real-world conditions.

Dynamic Mechanical Analysis - DMA Analysis

Dynamic Mechanical Analysis – DMA Analysis

Element offers DMA testing to analyse thermal and mechanical properties of non-metallic materials. We provide insights into stiffness, damping, and glass transition to enhance material performance.

Fastener Testing

Fastener, Screw and Bolt Testing services

Element's fastener, screw, and bolt test methods are designed to evaluate every aspect of your fastener's performance, from tensile strength to rotational capacity.

Your Challenges, Our Solutions

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Tight Project Timelines

Element provides fast, reliable mechanical testing services, helping you meet tight timelines without compromising quality. Whether you need abrasion resistance testing or fatigue testing, our experts ensure accurate results are delivered within your schedule, all from a single trusted partner.
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Complex Compliance Requirements

Element’s experts help you make sure your materials meet stringent standards for sectors such as Aerospace, Automotive, Medical Devices, and Energy. Whether ASTM A370 for tensile testing or ASTM E23 for Charpy impact, we ensure your products comply with all the regulations to stay market-ready.
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Validating Material Performance Under Stress

It’s vital to know how materials will perform in situ. Element conducts mechanical testing under controlled, real-world forces, including tension, compression, shear, and fatigue testing. From creep testing to fatigue analysis, we simulate extreme conditions to validate your material choices.

Standards and Materials we test

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Element provides mechanical testing to many common industries standards, including those shown below, as well as custom specifications.  

Bend Testing: 

  • API 1104 
  • ASME Section IX 
  • ASTM A370 
  • ASTM A619 
  • ASTM E190 
  • ASTM E290 
  • AWS D1.1 
  • BS 4449 
  • ISO 5173 
  • ISO 7438 

Charpy/Izod Impact: 

  • ASTM A370 
  • ASTM A923 
  • ASTM D256 
  • ASTM D746 
  • ASTM D1822 
  • ASTM D4812 
  • ASTM E23 
  • ISO 148 
  • ISO 9016 

Fatigue Testing: 

  • ASTM D3479 
  • ASTM D4482 
  • ASTM D5528 
  • ASTM D6873 
  • ASTM D7905 
  • ASTM E466 
  • ASTM E606 
  • ASTM E647 
  • ASTM F1160 
  • ASTM F1800 
  • ISO 1143 

Fracture Toughness:  

  • ASTM B645 
  • ASTM B646 
  • ASTM D5528 
  • ASTM D7905 
  • ASTM E370 
  • ASTM E399 
  • ASTM E1290 
  • BS 7448 
  • EN 6033 
  • EN 6034 

Shear Testing:  

  • ASTM A370 
  • ASTM B769 
  • ASTM C273 
  • ASTM D3163 
  • ASTM D3518 
  • ASTM D5379 
  • ASTM D5868 
  • ASTM D7078 
  • ASTM E23 
  • ASTM F606 
  • SACMA SRM 7  
  • SACMA SRM 8 

Tensile Testing:  

  • ASTM A370 
  • ASTM A615 
  • ASTM C297 
  • ASTM D638 
  • ASTM D3039 
  • ASTM E21 
  • ASTM E345 
  • ASTM E517 
  • ASTM E646 
  • ASTM E8 
  • ASTM F606 
  • BS EN 6892-1 
  • ISO 6892 
  • ISO 898 
  • ISO 8496 
  • NASM 1312 
  • SAE J1216 
  • SAE J429 

Torque Testing:  

  • ASME B18 
  • ASTM F606 
  • IFI 101 
  • MIL-DTL-18240 
  • MIL-F-18240 
  • NASM 1312 
  • NASM 25027 

Why Choose Element

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Bespoke testing for every material

Element designs tailored testing programs for unique challenges like multi-axial loading and high-load testing up to 300,000 lbs, providing precise insights for informed decision-making and optimal material performance.

Specialized testing for complex materials

Element excels in testing non-metallic materials such as composites, polymers, and elastomers, ensuring performance data on strength, flexibility, and fatigue in diverse applications.

Performance evaluation in harsh conditions

Element performs high-temperature testing up to 1400°C, subzero environments, and temperature/humidity chambers, simulating extreme conditions your materials may face in real-world applications.

Holistic approach to material testing

Element combines mechanical testing with chemical composition and microstructure analysis, offering a complete understanding of your material’s properties for optimal performance and longevity.

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