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  Cracks and Failure Analysis

  In many industries it is extremely difficult to manufacture products that will be totally immune to cracking and breaking in service, making testing at the point...

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  Asbestos is a ubiquitous construction material with a wide variety of uses including: thermal insulation in buildings, general fire protection and the lining of...

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  Rocks/Minerals

  The analysis of rock and minerals is important both academically, for geological and earth sciences, and industrially, in oil and mineral-related industries. Aca...

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  Fabrics/Textiles

  The fabrics and textiles industry is one of the oldest in the world, and with modern innovations and the advent of fibre reinforced polymers (FRP) offering light...

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  Composites

  Comprised of at least two constituent materials of significantly different physical or chemical properties, composites are of two types: matrix and reinforcement...

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  Metallurgy

  From extraction to production, metallurgy and metallography are used to examine the microscopic mechanisms that affect the behaviour of metals, their composites...

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  Grain sizing

  Correct grain size is crucial to material microstructure and in obtaining correct physical and mechanical characteristics for a wide range of materials such as m...

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  Cast iron nodularity and flake analysis

  Cast iron is used widely in the automotive and heavy equipment industries for structural components such as engine, brake, suspension, and steering parts. Cast i...

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  Surface Analysis

  Surface analysis, or surface metrology, is a vast field covering the analysis of textures and the measurement of features such as the waviness, roughness, and ro...

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  Wafers

  At the heart of almost every electronic product are wafers, thin slices of semiconductor materials on which microcircuits are constructed through the diffusion a...

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  Liquid Crystal Displays

  With the slim design and small footprint, flat panel liquid crystal displays are fast-becoming the format of choice for televisions and monitors on computer work...

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  MEMS

  In today's world increasingly miniaturised electronic products, Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) sets the standards...

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  Metal Manufacturing

  Quality control is paramount in the metal manufacturing industry as lapses in quality can lead to serious performance and safety impairments. Quality control mea...

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  Plastic Manufacturing

  Quality control in plastics manufacturing presents a real challenge as out-of-specification components represent a financial burden to the manufacturer, not only...

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  Automotive Manufacturing

  When it comes to surface engineering, competition in the automotive industry is high. From the initial design of components to full-scale manufacturing and inspe...

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  Medical Devices

  With medical devices, failure is not an option. Reproducible examination and measurement of key components and specified tolerances play a key role in ensuring t...

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  Microelectronics

  Smaller, cheaper, faster - these are the ever-present concerns of microelectronic device manufacturers. In this industry, each new generation of products must ou...

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  Optoelectronics

  From fibre-optic communications and wireless networks, to optical storage devices and advanced medical equipment, optoelectronics are becoming an increasingly vi...