Advanced Metallurgical Services

Material Testing and Consultancy

AMS Laboratory in Shaw

About Us

 

            Phone: 01706 882891 Fax: 01706 882893  Email: ken.ams@pdnorthern.co.uk

 

 

· Highly qualified, motivated and enthusiastic staff.

· More than 80 years combined experience particularly in aerospace, automotive, offshore pumps and valves and heat exchangers.

· Particular  specialities include;                      Materials  light alloys; Al, Mg, Ti; steels, cast irons flake and ductile, zinc and zinc die castings.                                                                                                                                        Processes                                                              Seawater and down hole corrosion, chloride and hydrogen sulphide stress corrosion cracking.  Welding in general and of stainless steels in particular. Foundry and casting technology. Heat Treatment. Material selection.

· Well established links with local Universities and  other institutions providing access to micro phase analysis, scanning and scanning transmission microscopy, Auger electron spectroscopy, X-ray imaging and many more techniques.