Laboratory Services

RTI provides field engineering, laboratory testing, and failure analysis, including American Association of Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) accredited mechanical testing and inorganic chemical analysis procedures, to a diverse base of industry, legal, and government entities through its affiliate, Anamet, inc.

Chemical Laboratory Testing

Anamet's chemical laboratory testing includes both wet chemistry and instrument techniques:

• Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP)
• Leco Carbon and Sulfur
• Vacuum Emission Spectroscopy (OES)
• X-ray Fluorescence (XRF)

Anamet, Inc. also performs: alloy certification; pH determination; anion and cation; precipitation and titration reactions; loss of ignition; specific gravity testing; melting point; and trace element analysis.

Mechanical Laboratory Testing

Anamet's mechancial laboratory testing includes both standard and custom techniques:

• All Classic and New Materials, Alloys
• Ceramics, Plastics, and Composites
• Customized and Unique Tests
• Industry Specific Standard Tests
• Full In-House Machine Shop
• Nuclear Industry Approved QC Program

Anamet, Inc. also performs: bend testing; Charpy v-notch impact; compression testing; creep and stress rupture; cryogenic temperature testing; drop weight; elevated temperature testing; fatigue; fixture design and custom techniques; fracture toughness measurements; hardness and microhardness (Rockwell, Vickers, Knoop, Brinell); Izod impact; specimen heat treatment; shear testing; tensile testing; and weld procedure qualification.

Rigorous review by our quality control personnel assures reliable results and accurate interpretations. Anamet complies with nuclear requirements:

• 10CFR50, Appendix B
• ANSI N45.2
• 10CFR21

Our testing equipment is calibrated to:

• ANSI/NCSL Z540-1-1994
• ISO/IEC 17025
• MIL-STD-45662A