The success of your hardware manufacturing business may depend on its approval by agencies like the International Code Council (ICC). Element experts test nails, 斯台普斯, and construction fasteners of all kinds to industry and regulatory specs and standards.
Element offers a comprehensive range of hardware testing services designed to find the minute—even microscopic—reasons why a nail, 主食, or fastener fails. By identifying potential problems and flaws early, Element Materials Technology hardware testing services can earn ICC approval, help extend service life, reduce operating and replacement costs, and ensure greater operating safety.
Element experts test and analyze hardware products
Element maintains state-of-the-art machine shops that are fully equipped and dedicated to precision testing per specification requirements. In addition, our highly trained staff possesses extensive experience in engineering, mechanics, and metals science to ensure the highest quality hardware evaluations.
Our engineers investigate every hardware sample in accordance with such governing bodies as:
- American Society for 测试 and Materials (ASTM)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
- Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc.
- Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc. (SBCCI)
- International Code Council (ICC), formerly ICBO
We test hardware in the following methods:
- Pull-out Resistance 测试
- Bending Yield 测试
- Hardness 测试
- Tensile 测试
- Shear 测试
- Coating Weight
- Chemical Analysis
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Our deliverable is certainty - high quality data, test reports and certificates that you can absolutely rely on when making decisions about your materials and compliance. Engage with an expert today.