Test Metals is the premier testing lab in the Mountain States region for structural, pressure vessel, aerospace, railroad, and military welding procedure and performance qualification testing. With the support of our machine shop equipped for sectioning and machining test samples, coupled with our heat treat capabilities; customers are ensured significantly reduced turn time and lower costs. Test Metals has Certified Welding Inspectors dedicated to testing your welds in accordance with desired codes. Applicable tests may include some of the following all of which are performed under the supervision of a CWI; tensile test, fillet bend, nick break, side bend, Face bend, root bend, charpy impact, macro hardness and macro etch. 

The following are samples of specifications used in testing: 

• AWS D1.1/D1.1M - Structural Welding Code - Steel

• AWS D1.2/D1.2M - Structural Welding Code - Aluminum

• AWS D1.3/D1.3M - Structural Welding Code - Sheet Steel

• AWS D1.4/D1.4M - Structural Welding Code - Reinforcing Steel

• AWS D1.5/D1.5M - Structural Welding Code - Bridge Code

• AWS D1.6/D1.6M - Structural Welding Code - Stainless Steel

• AWS D1.8/D1.8M - Structural Welding Code - Seismic Supplement 

• AWS D1.9/D1.9M - Structural Welding Code - Titanium

• AWS D15.1/D15.1M - Railroad welding specification for cars and locomotives

• AWS D17.1/D17.1M - Specification for fusion welding for aerospace applications 

• AWS B2.1/B2.1M - Specification for Welding Procedure and Performance Qualification  

 

 

 

ASME code sec. II, VIII, IX, B31.1 & B31.3, API 1104, AAR Specification AMS/MIL-STD 248, 278,1595, & 2219 AWWA-C-200.

All testing qualifications and certifications are performed under the supervision of a Certified Weld Inspector (CWI).