Cascade is pleased to announce the addition of two more laboratories to its expanding Reliability Engineering Capabilities
- Failure Analysis Lab
- Mechanical and Material Characterization Lab
New laboratories and related services are ramping up starting August 2008 and is expected to be fully functional by October 2008
- Failure Analysis Lab Capabilities
- Metallographic Cross-section Capabilities with Microscopy
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Dye and Pry
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3D X-Ray with Computer Tomography(CT)
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
- EDX for elemental analysis
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Mechanical and Material Characterization Lab Capabilities
- Thermo-Mechanical Analyzer
- Coefficient of Thermal Expansion, Glass Transition Temperatures
- Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer
- Elastic and Visco-elastic properties of materials-plastics, thin films etc
- Instron
- Universal Test System with Tensile, Compressive, 3 Pt/4 Pt Bend and Variable Angle Peel Capabilites; Also Equipped with Environmental Chamber to generate Temperature Dependent Material Data
- Mechanical Wear and Fatigue Life testers
- Data Acquisition Systems
- Strain Gages, Accelerometers, Thermocouples
