Our Services
At Materia Solutions, we provide advanced materials testing, characterization, and failure analysis services tailored for aerospace components, materials, and assemblies. Our team combines engineering expertise with state-of-the-art laboratory capabilities to deliver actionable, defensible insights that support quality assurance, supplier management, and product improvement.
1. Failure Analysis Services
We provide comprehensive failure analysis for aerospace components, materials, and assemblies. Our capabilities include optical imaging, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), EDS elemental analysis, metallographic sectioning, hardness testing, and advanced nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques such as C-SAM (acoustic microscopy), industrial X-ray, and CT scanning.
- Fractures and crack initiation
- Fatigue and overload failures
- Overtemperature events and thermal degradation
- Corrosion and environmental degradation
- Material defects, inclusions, and porosity
- Wear, abrasion, and fretting
- Heat-treatment and processing issues
- Coating failures and delamination
Each investigation includes:
- High-resolution imaging and documentation
- Root-cause determination
- Analysis of contributing factors
- Recommendations to prevent recurrence
- Optional design or manufacturing feedback
Our goal is to deliver clear, defensible engineering conclusions that support quality assurance, supplier management, incident investigations, and product improvement efforts.
2. Metallography & Materials Characterization Services
We provide comprehensive metallography services to characterize the microstructure, surface condition, and material integrity of metals, alloys, and composites. Our analyses support aerospace manufacturers in quality assurance, failure investigations, supplier evaluation, and process verification.
- General microstructure evaluation
- Grain size and distribution analysis
- Surface machining evaluation
- Overtemperature event assessment and thermal degradation
- Plating and coating thickness measurement
- Micro-cleanliness and contamination analysis
- Macrostructure and grain flow examination
- Carbide distribution analysis
- Intergranular attack (IGA) / intergranular oxidation (IGO) assessment
- Decarburization and alloy depletion evaluation
- Casting/mold reactions and defects
- Dendritic arm spacing (DAS) analysis
- Statistical area and shape analysis
- Weld evaluations and joint characterization
- Porosity measurement
- Alpha case evaluation
- Diffusion layer analysis
- Carburization assessment
- Near-surface condition evaluation
- Volume fraction determination
- Phase transformation analysis
- Plus many other specialized metallography and materials examinations
Our services include:
- High-resolution imaging and documentation
- Detailed reporting with observations and quantitative analysis
- Insights to support design decisions, process optimization, and failure prevention
We combine advanced metallographic techniques with our expertise in aerospace materials to provide actionable, defensible data for engineers and quality teams