CLEVELAND - NSL Analytical Services Inc., Cleveland, announced that its metallurgical laboratory division, NSL Central Testing LLC, has been recertified as a Materials Testing Laboratory by Nadcap, a worldwide cooperative program that designates a reliable supply base for the global aerospace industry. Central Testing was first certified in 2004 and has been recertified every year since.
The scope includes mechanical testing, hardness testing, micro-hardness testing and metallography. Mechanical tests included in the scope include room-temperature tensile, elevated-temperature tensile, stress rupture, impact and bend testing. Hardness tests comprise Brinell and Rockwell, as well as microhardness and metallography, including near-surface examinations.