Magnetic Particle Testing
American Babbitt offers Magnetic Particle testing services for your industrial components. The repair and manufacture of industrial and electrical equipment is a precise science, and at American Babbitt we are experts in our field. Our team has the skills and equipment you need for your industrial project. The professionals at American Babbitt can provide your business with the quality Magnetic Particle testing services you need for your equipment.
The extensive Magnetic Particle testing service provides an extremely sensitive nondestructive testing method for use on ferrous materials, magnetic particle testing can detect minute cracks open to the surface, and some subsurface discontinuities. Magnetic Particle testing is performed by creating a magnetic field around the material being tested and then applying a carrier fluid which holds particles typically made up of iron oxide. Any defect in the surface or just under the surface of the subject material will distort the magnetic field surrounding it, causing the particles in the carrier fluid to be drawn to it. Magnetic Particle testing can accurately reveal flaws that normal visual inspection cannot detect including cracks, seams, laps, and fusion discontinuities.
American Babbitt provides services for a number of industries, including:
- Aluminum Mills
- Cement Plants
- Chemical Plants
- Crushed Stone and Lime Producers
- Fossil Plants
- Hydro/Pump Storage Plants
- Mines
- Motor Repair Shops
- Nuclear Plants
- OEMs
- Shipyards
- Steel Mills
- Paper Mills