Weld/Solder Defect Analysis Services

Welding, brazing and soldering are used to join components together. Strong, reliable joints are an absolute requirement. Joint integrity can be verified by analytical methods. Crane Engineering’s metallurgy laboratory excels in sectioning, micro-hardness testing, chemical and electrolytic etching, and metallography. These destructive testing methods can be used to qualify new procedures, certify operators, establish baseline controls, and evaluate defects.

More important is Crane Engineering’s process management approach. Joint fabrication is almost always a part of a larger, complex manufacturing process. Our engineers will examine the environment in which the joining processes take place, always on the alert for sources of contamination, stress, or process-initiated defects.

Please contact Crane Engineering to provide your company with analysis and recommend corrective action on process failures.