Metallurgical Lab Capabilities

The metallurgical laboratory at SMPM is capable of doing all required testing of incoming raw material (powder) to determine conformance to ASTM & MPIFspecifications. Testing includes sieve analysis, green and sintered strengths, apparent density(Arnold and Hall), flow rates, carbon contents and some chemical compositions.

Since bearing production is a core competency, we also have soxhlet apparatus for determining porosity and life testing is available for bearings using variable speeds and loads, as well as torque limit testing.

Metallographic analysis is available in-house for all sintered materials, and photomicrostructures can be e-mailed to customers upon request.

In addition to the above listed capabilities, several consulting firms are utilized for material and tooling design to supplement our in-house capacity.