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to bring your projects to life! The Lulzbot Taz 6 creates real 3D models from
our CAD software-generated designs and allows for custom creation of
demonstrative pieces for litigation support or design development.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">As a legacy sponsor, EPI MTG once again
sponsored a station for all participants at the 6</span><sup style="font-size: 12pt;">th</sup><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Annual Cameron Sporting
Clays Tournament and Charity Event held at the American Shooting Centers,
benefiting The United Way. At the EPI MTG tent, we were serving all beef </span>hot dogs<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> and Cajun sausages with a variety of drinks and snacks. We always enjoy
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The Alchemisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703496656848082594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813146207082400389.post-61751534413633345752014-12-22T08:22:00.001-06:002014-12-22T08:22:18.404-06:00Happy Holiday!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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EPI Materials Testing Group will be closed November 27-28 so our family can celebrate with theirs. Thank you to all of our great friends and clients! We hope that you have a wonderful holiday.</div>
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Austenite is a non-magnetic allotrope of Iron and other alloying elements, typically Chromium, Nickel, and Manganese. Austenite is formed during heat treating, at temperatures above 1340*F, when the Iron undergoes a transition from the Body Centered Cubic System (BCC) to the Face Centered Cubic System (FCC), changing from Ferrite to Austenite. Austenitic Steels have better corrosion resistance than carbon steels because of the high Chromium content, that reacts with the environment to for a thin oxide layer that protects the surface of the metal from further exposure.The Alchemisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703496656848082594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813146207082400389.post-8640149255854630242014-01-02T09:19:00.002-06:002014-01-02T09:19:56.446-06:00Happy New Year<div style="text-align: center;">
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We at EPI Materials Testing Group wish all of our friends and clients a the great beginings to a great year. We are starting off the year in our wonderful new facility and will soon begin adding to our collection of analytical testing equipment and machinery used in the sample prep of your samples. All of this will give us the ability to give you the same correct and accurate results, but on a much quicker basis. Thank you for 2013 and we look forward to working with you in 2014.</div>
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Our new facility on Rayford Rd, 1 mile east of I-45, in Spring, TX. The new facility will more than double our square footage and allow us to not only improve the efficiency and flow of all work done, but also allows us the ability to increase the amount of testing we can provide to our clients. The facility will have a separate area for inspection purposes that will have direct access to the shop and has a large window viewing into the SEM laboratory, with images from the SEM on a large screen tv. We will also have the ability and space to expand our chemical and mechanical testing, allowing us to serve our clients and help them obtain correct and timely reports. Come see us soon at our new building and let us help you with your testing needs.</div>
The Alchemisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703496656848082594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813146207082400389.post-75919787931670997272013-09-10T13:55:00.000-05:002013-09-10T13:55:16.132-05:00Cast Iron<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Cast Iron is a Ferrous Alloy that consists of mainly Iron with the addition of Carbon (approx. 2%-3.5%) and Silicon (approx. 1%-3%). Other elements can be added as well to change the microstructure and physical properties of the metal. The Carbon in Cast Iron cools as Graphite that separates from the solution of molten metal during the cooling process. Cast Iron can be produced with Nodular (Ductile Iron) or Flake (Gray Iron) Graphite . Both have their advantages and disadvantages, depending on the application or mechanical property needs. Please contact EPI-MTG for more information or assistance you need with the metallurgical examination of your Cast Iron material.</div>
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The Alchemisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703496656848082594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813146207082400389.post-48058070980058298042013-08-12T11:44:00.000-05:002013-08-12T11:44:14.122-05:00Metallurgical Polishing and Chemical Etching<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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finish. We have the ability to etch most all alloys from using Nital on carbon steel to molten sodium hydroxide on silicon nitride. EPI MTG hopes to work with you in the future with your metallurgical polishing and etching needs.</div>
The Alchemisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703496656848082594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813146207082400389.post-17236230198816385702013-08-05T10:39:00.002-05:002013-08-05T10:39:40.102-05:00New Team Member<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Please let me introduce you to our newest team member. Lee will be our new laboratory supervisor and project manager. Lee comes to us from a long and successful career in many different laboratory environments and is familiar with ICP, XRD, FTIR, GCMS, SEM/EDX, OES, and XRF. Lee will also be working with our quality department to ensure all work performed and results sent out are accurate. She has extensive experience managing contract laboratories and will be a great addition to the EPI MTG team.</div>
The Alchemisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703496656848082594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813146207082400389.post-40376684540975016502013-06-24T14:38:00.000-05:002013-06-24T14:38:31.556-05:00OTC Has Come and Gone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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and thank you to all of our existing clients that stopped by our booth, and to all of the new hands that we got to shake as well. It was great to see/meet all of you and we look forward to working with all of you in the near future. EPI MTG is a Materials Testing and Failure Analysis Laboratory located in The Woodlands, Tx just North of Houston. We can provide Destructive and non Destructive Testing, Mechanical Testing, Elemental Analysis (OES & SEM), X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRD), Microscopy from 6.5x on the Stereoscope up to 20,000x on the Scanning Electron Microscope. We provide metallurgical sample preparation and polishing, along with chemical etching for microstructural analysis. Our Engineering Department provides Finite Element Analysis and 3D CAD Drawings along with working on any and all Failure Analyses. Again, thank you for coming by to say hi. We hope we answered all of your questions and if not, please feel free to call us.</div>
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The Alchemisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703496656848082594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4813146207082400389.post-46633303524672532332013-05-21T15:56:00.001-05:002013-05-21T15:56:17.376-05:00Finite Element Analysis<br />
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tool. There are three primary parts to an FEA model: The input loads on a
model, the mesh of a model, and the output data of a model. FEA is used to
simulate a sketch or 3D drawing of a part under some user-input loading
conditions such as force, torque, heat, electricity, etc. The mesh is a
subdivision that takes one large object and mathematically reduces it into
hundreds or thousands of much smaller objects connected together. This allows
increasingly accurate to real-life behavior in of the model. The FEA user sets
up their program in such a way that it can provide results such as resulting
stress through the whole model or in certain directions to look for stress
concentrations, temperature distribution to look for hotspots, voltage
distribution, and many others. The user has to analyze the resulting data and
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Please come visit us in Booth 7524 in the Reliant Arena at this year's Offshore Technology Conference. Adam, John, and I, Randall, will be down there all week to meet new faces and say hi to old ones. OTC 2013 starts on Monday 6 May and ends on Thursday 9 May. Come see us, and while you are there make sure and pick up one of our new brochures and some great OTC goodies.<br />
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EPI-MTG is happy to update everyone on the progress of our new facility at 1146 Rayford Road in Spring, Tx. The exterior of the building is almost complete and work will soon begin on the shop space and interior of the building. We are hoping to be moved in and ready around the end of the 2013 summer. We certainly look forward to working with all of our current and future clients at our new location that will give us the ability to serve you better.</div>
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EPI-MTG will have a booth at the Offshore Technology Conference again this year. The conference will be held from May 6-9, 2013 at the Reliant Center in Houston, Tx. We will be in Booth# 7524 in the Reliant Arena. This will be our fifth year to have a booth at OTC and we look forward seeing old friends and meeting many new ones as well. Come see us to learn more about our capabilities and pick up some EPIMTG trade show goodies.</div>
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EPI-MTG is proud to announce the ground breaking on our new lab, office, and conference space located 1 mile east of I-45 on Rayford Road. We will have close to 17,000 square feet of lab and office space in our new building. This will allow us to work in a more fluid and efficient manner as well as expand our services/capabilities. As well as a larger shop area and dedicated microscopy and analytical testing labs, we will have a dedicated area to host the inspection of evidence or material with easy access to our shop and analytical equipment. </div>
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EDX is an analytical
technique used for the elemental analysis of a material. In EDX a beam of
electrons bombards the top surface of the sample. If the incoming electron beam
is of sufficient energy it will cause inner shell electrons of the affected
atoms to become excited and thus ejected from its bond to the nucleus of the
atom. When this happens, an electron from an outer, higher energy, shell drops
down to take its place. That electron must release some of its energy in order
to fit into the inner, lower energy shell. That release of energy, in X-ray
form, is then collected, counted, and converted into weight or atomic
percentages. EPI Materials Testing Group uses our EDX in the elemental analysis
of many different materials in the daily process of running failure analyses
and the wide array of testing services that we perform from corrosion products
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Hardness
is the measurement of how resistant a material is to a permanent change in
shape. The hardness of a material is dependent
on many different physical properties like ductility, strength, and toughness. EPI-MTG has experience performing hardness
testing on a wide range of alloys, as well as plastic, rubber, and ceramic/carbide. EPI-MTG has the ability to perform hardness
testing using the Knoop (HK), Vickers (HV), Rockwell (HRA, HRB, HRC, HRD, and HRE),
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Optical Emission Spectroscopy is an analytical technique used to obtain the
elemental composition of different alloys with varying base materials. An electrical arc is passed through a sample,
under an argon atmosphere, heating and exiting the atoms within the
material. While discharging energy the
atoms give off a characteristic wavelength of light that is detected and
measured to obtain an accurate weight percentage of the elements present in the
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X-ray Powder Diffraction gives us the capability to not only identify a sample elementally, but to identify the chemical compounds present in your sample as well. As you can see in the image above we identified two different Calcium Carbonate phases, and Silicon Dioxide as well. We have utilized this technique to help our clients identify samples from a myriad of environments and locations. From corrosion product and solids removed from filtration systems, to drilling mud and geological samples we have it covered.</div>The Alchemisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10703496656848082594noreply@blogger.com0