The right materials make the right designs. When working with prototypes, choosing the right material is critical, and could mean the difference between a design success and a malfunction part that requires expensive rework. With analysis and characterization tools you can eliminate rework by predetermining manufacturability, costs, weight and environmental impacts. To bring innovative products to market, Materials & Tools LLC evaluates different materials and customize them with analysis and recommendations best suited to maximize throughput, minimize cost and bring products to market. Lab Services: Failure Analysis, SEM, TEM, DTA/TGA, XRF, XRays Diffraction, FTIR, XRays Tomography, Microhardness Vickers and Knoop & Fractography. Areas of Expertise: Applied Mechanics Statics, Dynamics, and Strength of Materials Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics Analysis Fire and Explosion Modeling Failure Analysis Simulation of Mechanisms Stress Analysis Finite Element Analysis Heat Transfer Analysis Fluid Dynamics Aerodynamics Thermodynamics Mechanics & Materials Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) Chemical Analysis/Microanalysis by EDS Destructive and Non-Destructive Testing Materials Analysis (including selection and economic comparisons) Process Evaluations (e.g., welding, heat treating, brazing, forging, casting, etc.) Heat Transfer and Thermodynamics (heat exchangers, HVAC, fire suppression systems, etc.) Metallography Hardness Testing Corrosion Evaluation Static, Dynamic, and Strength of Materials Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics Modeling Simulation of Mechanisms Semiconductors, Packaging and Test Engineering Refractories Engineering