Elevating Industry Standards Through Expert Materials Testing and Certifications
At Kent Inspection & Engineering, we specialize in providing top-tier materials testing and certifications. In today’s rapidly evolving industries, the quality, safety, and performance of materials are critical to success. Our comprehensive testing services are designed to ensure that your materials meet industry standards, regulatory requirements, and customer expectations.
Materials testing is essential to assess the properties, composition, and behavior of various materials used in manufacturing, construction, electronics, aerospace, and more. Our testing services provide valuable insights into material performance and integrity.
About Us
Our team is our advantage. Our support team of expert mechanical, structural, materials, metallurgical, corrosion, welding engineers, and inspectors sets us apart. We pride ourselves on effective communication, and we work closely with our clients every step of the way to ensure they are fully satisfied with the answers and solutions we provide.
Testing Capabilities:
Mechanical Testing (Destructive Testing):
- Tensile Strength (Ultimate Tensile Strength, Yield Strength, Elongation)
- Hardness (micro, macro, field, plastics, rubber, metals, coatings)Hardness (micro, macro, field, plastics, rubber, metals, coatings)
- Impact Resistance
- Fatigue
- Chemical Resistance
- Dimensional Analysis
Chemical Analysis:
- Material Composition (Metals, Plastics, Composites)
- Elemental Analysis
- Impurity Detection
Metallurgical/Micro Analysis: Microstructure and integrity of: metals, alloys, plastics, composites
Non-Destructive Testing (NDT): Ultrasonic, radiographic, magnetic particle, and liquid penetrant testing
Environmental Testing: evaluation under various environmental conditions like temperature, humidity, wind
Corrosion Testing: Simulations, Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC), salt spray.
Coating Tests and Specifications (Lab and Field): Code compliance, simulations, defect detection (thickness, adhesion, hardness, surface)
Materials certifications are essential for industries where safety, performance, and compliance are paramount. These certifications demonstrate that your materials meet specific quality and performance criteria.
Certification Capabilities:
- ISO Certifications: Quality Management Systems, Audits or other ISO certifications for your materials and processes.
- RoHS Compliance: Ensure that your materials comply with Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directives.
- ASTM Compliance: Meet ASTM International standards for various materials and products.
- Custom Certifications: Customized certification services tailored to your specific industry and requirements
Experts and Associates
Michael is a welding engineer and project manager, receiving his Bachelor’s degree from North Dakota State University and completed his Masters in Mechanical Engineering from University of Washington. He is a certified welding engineer (CWEng), certified welding inspector (CWI) and an ASNT Level II Visual Inspector. He is also a certified Solidworks Professional.
Founder and principal of Kent Engineering, Randy Kent is a Registered Professional Engineer with over 37 years of experience in failure analysis and mechanical engineering forensics. His expertise has been sought in developing the industry-standard ASM Handbook series, International Fatigue Congress publications, with over 100 depositions, trials, and arbitrations to his name.
Cody Hoover has over 18 years of DoD nuclear field experience. He holds a BS in Nuclear Engineering. As a U.S Navy veteran, he also has several training and certifications surrounding naval leadership and naval nuclear training. He also boasts an EPA Universal Technician Certification which allows Cody to work with both small and large appliances such as motor vehicle air conditioner (MVAC) and HVAC appliances.
Serving Clients Across a Variety of Industries
At Kent Inspection & Engineering, we provide inspection and engineering across a variety of industries, including manufacturing, transportation, construction, heavy equipment and machinery, refineries and maritime.
Our staff of inspectors and engineers lend their range of specialties and deep expertise to each industry, inspecting and identifying failures in order to help represent our clients well and help build new, better, more efficient, and safer systems.
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