PMI SPECIALISTS, INC "WHEN YOU NEED TO KNOW"
Reverse
Engineering Service
Reverse engineering is the process of discovering the technological principles of a device, object or system through analysis of its structure, function and operation. Reverse engineering is often done because the documentation of a particular device has been lost, or the manufacturer who built it is no longer available.
PMI Specialists have the expertise of performing reverse engineering on metallic components by using:
Chemical analysis
To
identify the materials and coatings through either destructive or
non-destructive means.
Metallography
The micro structural information can be used to find out if the component is cast, forged, or extruded. In addition, part of the heat treatment information can be gathered. Metallographic analysis can also help determine how the surface is treated, for example, carburized or nitrided.Hardness testing
Hardness
testing
offers information on how a metallic component is heat treated. Micro
hardness
testing (Vickers and Knoop) can be performed on cross section of a
component to
evaluate surface treatment information and the weld heat-affected zone
for
fine-scale traverses.
Coating
analysis
By
combining
metallographic, chemical analysis and hardness testing, the type of
surface
coating can be determined (plating, cladding, anodized, phosphate,
conversion
coatings, etc.).