Mechanical Testing Services

Modulus Metal provides mechanical testing services by using state and university laboratories that we have an agreement with. We are able to provide a variety of destructive testing methods

Types of Services:

Hardness Testing Services

Residual Stress Measurement

Charpy Impact Test Services

Stress Rupture and Creep Testing

Shear Testing

Fatigue Testing

Tensile Testing Services

Related Standards:

ISO TC 164:

ISO 23718: 2007 Metallic materials — Mechanical testing — Vocabulary

ISO TR 25679: 2005 Mechanical testing of metals — Symbols and definitions in published standards

UNIAXIAL:

ISO 204: 2009 Metallic materials — Uniaxial creep testing in tension — Method of test

ISO 376: 2011 Metallic materials — Calibration of force-proving instruments used for the verification of uniaxial testing machines

ISO 6892-1: 2016 Metallic materials — Tensile testing — Part 1: Method of test at room temperature

ISO 6892-2: 2018 Metallic materials — Tensile testing — Part 2: Method of test at elevated temperature

ISO 6892-3:2015 Metallic materials — Tensile testing — Part 3: Method of test at low temperature

ISO 6892-4:2015 Metallic materials — Tensile testing — Part 4: Method of test in liquid helium

ISO 7500-1: 2018 Metallic materials — Verification of static uniaxial testing machines — Part 1: Tension/compression testing machines — Verification and calibration of the force-measuring system

ISO 7500-2: 2006 Metallic materials — Verification of static uniaxial testing machines — Part 2: Tension creep testing machines — Verification of the applied force

ISO 9513: 2012 Metallic materials — Calibration of extensometer systems used in uniaxial testing

ISO 9513 + COR 1: 2013 Metallic materials — Calibration of extensometer systems used in uniaxial testing

ISO 15579: 2000 Metallic materials — Tensile testing at low temperature

ISO 19819: 2004 Metallic materials — Tensile testing in liquid helium

ISO 26203-1: 2018 Metallic materials — Tensile testing at high strain rates — Part 1: Elastic-bar-type systems

ISO 26203-2: 2011 Metallic materials — Tensile testing at high strain rates — Part 2: Servo-hydraulic and other test systems

DUCTILITY:

ISO 7438: 2016 Metallic materials — Bend test

ISO 7799: 1985 Metallic materials — Sheet and strip 3 mm thick or less — Reverse bend test ISO 7800:2012 Metallic materials — Wire — Simple torsion test

ISO 7801: 1984 Metallic materials — Wire — Reverse bend test

ISO 7802: 2013 Metallic materials — Wire — Wrapping test

ISO 8491: 1998 Metallic materials — Tube (in full section) — Bend test

ISO 8492: 2013 Metallic materials — Tube — Flattening test

ISO 8493: 1998 Metallic materials — Tube — Drift-expanding test

ISO 8494: 2013 Metallic materials — Tube — Flanging test

ISO 8495: 2013 Metallic materials — Tube — Ring-expanding test

ISO 8496: 2013 Metallic materials — Tube — Ring tensile test

ISO 9649: 2016 Metallic materials — Wire — Reverse torsion test

ISO 10113: 2006 Metallic materials — Sheet and strip — Determination of plastic strain ratio

ISO 10275: 2007 Metallic materials — Sheet and strip — Determination of tensile strain hardening exponent ,

ISO 11531: 2015 Metallic materials — Earing test

ISO 12004-1: 2008 Metallic materials — Sheet and strip — Determination of forming-limit curves — Part 1: Measurement and application of forming-limit diagrams in the press shop

ISO 12004-2: 2008 Metallic materials — Sheet and strip — Determination of forming-limit curves — Part 2: Determination of forming-limit curves in the laboratory

ISO 13314: 2011 Mechanical testing of metals — Ductility testing — Compression test for porous and cellular metals

ISO 15363: 2017 Metallic materials — Tube ring hydraulic pressure test

ISO 16630: 2017 Metallic materials — Sheet and strip — Hole expanding test

ISO 16808: 2014 Metallic materials — Sheet and strip — Determination of biaxial stress-strain curve by means of bulge test with optical measuring systems

ISO 16842: 2014 Metallic materials — Sheet and strip — Biaxial tensile testing method using a cruciform test piece

ISO 17340: 2014 Metallic materials — Ductility testing — High speed compression test for porous and cellular metals

ISO 18338:2015 Metallic materials — Torsion test at ambient temperature

ISO 20032: 2013 Method for evaluation of tensile properties of metallic superplastic materials

ISO 20482: 2013 Metallic materials — Sheet and strip — Erichsen cupping test

ISO 24213: 2017 Metallic materials — Sheet and strip — Method for springback evaluation in stretch bending

HARDNESS:

ISO 4545-1: 2017 Metallic materials — Knoop hardness test — Part 1: Test method

ISO 4545-2: 2017 Metallic materials — Knoop hardness test — Part 2: Verification and calibration of testing machines

ISO 4545-3: 2017 Metallic materials — Knoop hardness test — Part 3: Calibration of reference blocks

ISO 4545-4: 2017 Metallic materials — Knoop hardness test — Part 4: Table of hardness values

ISO 6506-1: 2014 Metallic materials — Brinell hardness test — Part 1: Test method

ISO 6506-2: 2017 Metallic materials — Brinell hardness test — Part 2: Verification and calibration of testing machines

ISO 6506-3: 2014 Metallic materials — Brinell hardness test — Part 3: Calibration of reference blocks

ISO 6506-4: 2014 Metallic materials — Brinell hardness test — Part 4: Table of hardness values

ISO 6507-1: 2018 Metallic materials — Vickers hardness test — Part 1: Test method

ISO 6507-2: 2018 Metallic materials — Vickers hardness test — Part 2: Verification and calibration of testing machines

ISO 6507-3: 2018 Metallic materials — Vickers hardness test — Part 3: Calibration of reference blocks

ISO 6507-4: 2018 Metallic materials — Vickers hardness test — Part 4: Tables of hardness values

ISO 6508-1: 2016 Metallic materials — Rockwell hardness test — Part 1: Test method (scales A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, N, T)

ISO 6508-2: 2015 Metallic materials — Rockwell hardness test — Part 2: Verification and calibration of testing machines (scales A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, N, T)

ISO 6508-3: 2015 Metallic materials — Rockwell hardness test — Part 3: Calibration of reference blocks (scales A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, N, T) ISO 14577-1: 2015 Metallic materials — Instrumented indentation test for hardness and materials parameters — Part 1: Test method

ISO 14577-2: 2015 Metallic materials — Instrumented indentation test for hardness and materials parameters — Part 2: Verification and calibration of testing machines

ISO 14577-3: 2015 Metallic materials — Instrumented indentation test for hardness and materials parameters — Part 3: Calibration of reference blocks

ISO 14577-4: 2016 Metallic materials — Instrumented indentation test for hardness and materials parameters — Part 4: Test method for metallic and non-metallic coatings

ISO 16859-1:2015 Metallic materials — Leeb hardness test — Part 1: Test method

ISO 16859-2:2015 Metallic materials — Leeb hardness test — Part 2: Verification and calibration of the testing devices

ISO 16859-3:2015 Metallic materials — Leeb hardness test — Part 3: Calibration of reference test blocks

ISO 18265: 2013 Metallic materials — Conversion of hardness values

ISO TR 29381: 2008 Metallic materials — Measurement of mechanical properties by an instrumented indentation test — Indentation tensile properties

TOUGHNESS:

ISO 148-1: 2016 Metallic materials — Charpy pendulum impact test — Part 1: Test method

ISO 148-2: 2016 Metallic materials — Charpy pendulum impact test — Part 2: Verification of testing machines

ISO 148-3: 2016 Metallic materials — Charpy pendulum impact test — Part 3: Preparation and characterization of Charpy V-notch test pieces for indirect verification of pendulum impact machines

ISO 1099:2017 Metallic materials — Fatigue testing — Axial force-controlled method

ISO 3785: 2006 Metallic materials — Designation of test specimen axes in relation to product texture

ISO 12106:2017 Metallic materials — Fatigue testing — Axial-strain-controlled method

ISO 12135: 2016 Metallic materials — Unified method of test for the determination of quasistatic fracture toughness

ISO 14556: 2015 Steel — Charpy V-notch pendulum impact test — Instrumented test method

ISO 15653: 2018 Metallic materials — Method of test for the determination of quasistatic fracture toughness of welds

ISO 22889: 2013 Metallic materials — Method of test for the determination of resistance to stable crack extension using specimens of low constraint

ISO 26843:2015 Metallic materials — Measurement of fracture toughness at impact loading rates using precracked Charpy-type test pieces

ISO 27306: 2016 Metallic materials — Method of constraint loss correction of CTOD fracture toughness for fracture assessment of steel components

FATIGUE:

ISO 1143: 2010 Metallic materials — Rotating bar bending fatigue testing

ISO 1352: 2011 Metallic materials — Torque-controlled fatigue testing

ISO 4965-1: 2012 Metallic materials — Dynamic force calibration for uniaxial fatigue testing — Part 1: Testing systems

ISO 4965-2: 2012 Metallic materials — Dynamic force calibration for uniaxial fatigue testing — Part 2: Dynamic calibration device (DCD) instrumentation

ISO 12106: 2017 Metallic materials — Fatigue testing — Axial-strain-controlled method

ISO 12107: 2012 Metallic materials — Fatigue testing — Statistical planning and analysis of data

ISO 12108: 2012 Metallic materials — Fatigue testing — Fatigue crack growth method

ISO 12110-1: 2013 Metallic materials — Fatigue testing — Variable amplitude fatigue testing — Part 1: General principles, test method and reporting requirements

ISO 12110-2: 2013 Metallic materials — Fatigue testing — Variable amplitude fatigue testing — Part 2: Cycle counting and related data reduction methods

ISO 12111: 2011 Metallic materials — Fatigue testing — Strain-controlled thermomechanical fatigue testing method

ISO 23788: 2012 Metallic materials — Verification of the alignment of fatigue testing machines