Laboratory Testing Inc.

Fastener Catch Problems Before they Cost You

Whether you perform routine testing on purchased materials or finished fasteners, or order testing services when quality issues are suspected, you benefit from identifying weaknesses or defects before costly problems occur and while corrections can be made. Laboratory Testing Inc. offers a broad range of fastener inspection and testing capabilities. Surface discontinuities are identified with magnetic particle and liquid penetrant inspections. Fasteners with internal or external threads are dimensionally inspected using CMMs and optical inspection methods. Our chemists can identify material composition and our engineers can reveal the metallurgical aspects of your fasteners including microstructure, grain flow, macroetch and much more. Information on mechanical properties such as strength, hardness and load capacity can be provided for the smallest fasteners up to large diameter bolts on tensile machines ranging in capacity from 100 lbs. up to 400,000 lbs.

LTI is more than a testing company; we also provide related services to save you time and simplify your job. Let us prepare any specimens needed for testing or conduct a failure investigation to identify the root cause of a failed fastener. Rely on our metrology staff to calibrate and certify the measurement accuracy of your measuring tools, gages, torque wrenches, masters, CMMs, surface plates and many other measuring instruments.