Keighley Laboratories invests in cutting edge technology
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Keighley Laboratories, a UK leader in the analysis, testing and heat treatment of metals, has invested around £100,000 in upgrading its laboratory test house, part of a wholesale site modernisation process, which will also see the development of new buildings and facilities over the coming months. The investment aim is to position the company at the cutting edge of subcontract heat treatment and metallurgical solutions.
The core of this initial investment phase has seen the installation of new high tech equipment that enables manual to semi-automated metallographic sample preparation of the latest generation of superalloys, powerful metallurgical microscopes for examining the microstructure of specimens, as well as digital image capture and analysis.
This laboratory resource will enable the specialised evaluation of the effect of the latest drilling and machining techniques on high grade components, such as advanced turbine blades used in power plants and jet engines.
Other capital investments include: a new CNC lathe for manufacturing sample pieces; an X-ray fluorescence analyser; a non-destructive digital ferrite meter; and complete refurbishment of the test house.
Originally established in 1920 and this year celebrating its 90th anniversary, West Yorkshire-based Keighley Laboratories specialises in the subcontract heat treatment of metals including induction hardening, carburising, nitrocarburising, tempering and stress relieving and metallurgical testing services, covering such disciplines as non-destructive testing, chemical analysis, metallography and problem and failure investigation. It has built successful client partnerships across a broad cross-section of manufacturing industry, such as aerospace, energy, transmission engineering, hydraulics, marine, mining and transportation, and has technical accreditations and approvals to meet the requirements of insurance and inspectorate bodies, industrial primes, including aerospace, and major companies, at home and overseas.
