HyCAL Met Lab

HyCAL Met Lab is a full service metallurgical testing laboratory that plays an integral role in HyCAL Corp’s ability to deliver high quality, on spec material to customers. Accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017, HyCAL Met Lab assures that our customers get accurate, dependable metallurgical testing results and data.

Our on-staff metallurgist complements both our batch and continuous annealing, allowing us to provide customized anneal cycles to hit whatever properties you need. Delivered material has consistent metallurgical properties and clean, smut-free surface.

Lab Capabilities

Our lab has a full complement of equipment to consistently and accurately perform the following Commercial Lab mechanical testing services for metal sheet, strip and plate:

• Tensile Testing

• ASTM E8, A370, DIN EN ISO 6892-1, JIS-Z-2241 (flat stock, up to 33750 lbs, up to 0.25” thick)
• Tensile Strength, Yield Strength, Uniform Elongation, Total Elongation, n-Value
• R-value after minor investment
• ASTM D3953 Strapping tests, Break Strength, Bend Check

• Rockwell Hardness Testing

• ASTM E18, HRB, HRC, 15T, 30T, 15N, 30N

• Metallography

• ASTM E3, ASTM E407, ASTM E112, ASTM E45 Method A, ASTM E1077, ASTM E883
• Metallographic Specimen Preparation, Microetching, Grain Size, Inclusion Content of Steel, Depth of Decarburization, Photomicrography

• Keyence VR-6000 3D Optical Profilometer

• Linear and Area Profilometery
• Nanometer resolution surface scans

• Simulation of Continuous Annealing

• N-Value (Strain Hardening Exponent)

• Superficial Hardness Testing

• Heat Treat Simulations