More than 120 people
at your service
5200 m² laboratory
+ 99% of services are provided in-house
Accredited laboratory
COFRAC ISO 17025
Chemical analysis of steel : one of FILAB’s specialties
Steel is a metallic alloy made up primarily of iron and carbon. Strong and resistant, steels are used in a wide variety of industrial fields : construction, furniture, machining, tools, aeronautical parts, food packaging…
For over 30 years, FILAB laboratory has been providing metallurgical analysis of steels for hundreds of clients, some of which were provided under ISO 17025 accreditation.
FILAB laboratory provides its experience and its specific skills to inspect the quality of your steels or to determine their grade :
- Chemical composition analysis and grade inspection of steels and stainless steels
- C, H, O, N, S elemental analysis
- Determination of the primary element contents : Mn, Cr, Ni, Mo…
- Analysis in accordance with relevant standards such as EN 10088-1, NE 10088-2 and EN 10088-3
Our analytical fleet dedicated to analyzing steels :
- ICP-AES and ICP-MS elemental analysis
- OES spark spectrometry
- C, H, O, N, S elemental analysis
- Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM-EDX)
Going even further : our expertise of steel
As well as performing routine metallurgical analysis, FILAB laboratory can provide its skills in metallurgical expertise and failure analysis for your steel samples :
- Metallographic examination of steel
- Coating thickness measurements on steel parts
- Weld analysis
- Corrosion resistance studies
- Rupture analysis
- Surface analysis and characterization (rugosity, defects…)
- Accelerated aging tests (corrosion, surface alterations…)
The filab advantages
A highly qualified team
Responsiveness in responding to and processing requests
A COFRAC ISO 17025 accredited laboratory
(Staves available on www.cofrac.com - Accreditation number: 1-1793)
A complete analytical park of 5,200m²
Tailor-made support
