Engineering and Metallurgical Consultants
Experts Reports for Industry, Loss Adjusters/Claims Administrators and Solicitors
Experienced in failure and accident (forensic) investigations for metals, components, cracks, repairs, wear and misuse in all classes of industrial machinery, road and rail vehicles, power plant and structures. Full metallurgical investigations, chemical analysis, mechanical testing, melting & casting, hot & cold working. X-ray and electron microscopy with analysis. Electronic measurement and recording for vibration, loads, noise, pressure, stresses and working characteristics in structures and machinery using strain gauges & appropriate instrumentation. Experience includes axles, bearings, road chassis & semi-trailers, pressure vessels, valves, hydraulic systems and components, steel-chimneys, winch drums, cranes, lifting equipment, fork-lift trucks, ball-mills, machine tools, moulding machines, screwed fittings and components, marine machinery and equipment, etc.
| Sheffield University Metals Advisory Centre (SUMAC) Department of Materials Science & Engineering Mappin Street Sheffield, S1 3JD United Kingdom |
Email: sumac@sheffield.ac.uk
Tel: ++(0)114 222 5497 Fax: ++(0)114 222 5943 Emergency Tel: (24hrs) ++(0)114 258 5505 Mobile: 0787 538 2207 |
Ancillary Service:
Materials Advice and Research Centre, University of Sheffield (MARCUS)
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Last Updated: 17 February 2009
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