OVERVIEW
With more than 60 years of experience in research, development, and assessment of new materials, advanced material testing methods, and failure analysis techniques, our expert teams of scientists, engineers, and technical specialists have a long history of leading and participating in complex and innovative development programs in the aerospace and defence industries.
Laboratory Facilities
Our laboratories have top-notch facilities with state-of-the-art equipment and technologies designed to promote the understanding and the use of advanced materials.
Testing and Inspection
The laboratories’ expertise in advanced testing methods includes inspection of raw materials, testing of process control specimens, and support for all R&D projects.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Research and assessment of new materials and process
- Guidelines for aerospace materials selection (Metals, Composites, Adhesives, Sealants, Coatings, Elastomers)
- Advanced material testing methods
- Destructive Testing (DT)
- Non Destructive Testing (NDT)
- Microscopy analysis
- Additive Manufacturing knowledge center
- Failure analysis center
- Nano Technologies
- Materials and process specifications
- Generation of design allowable
- Mechanical, Physical, Chemical and Thermal characterization of Composites / Metals / Prepregs / Adhesives / Coatings
Values & Benefits
The failure analysis center investigates all kinds of failures—sudden fracture, fatigue, unacceptable functioning of product, NDT indication, etc.—for various materials, both in development and in service.
The Additive Manufacturing knowledge center serves as a corporate engineering and R&D unit, applying additive manufacturing in a wide range of aerospace applications. Its activities include authority for IAI’s materials and process specifications, qualifications of materials and processes, introduction of AM technologies in projects, part design, topology optimization, development of prototypes, and certification. The center uses various AM methods, such as powder/wire with metal alloys, FDM, and SLS with polymers and composites.
