Product Evaluation Systems Achieves Chemical Analysis Certification
Latrobe, Pa. – April 25, 2011 – Product Evaluations Systems, Inc. (PES), a leading mechanical and metallurgical testing laboratory, today announces the addition of chemical analysis of metals and consulting to compliment its range of physical and mechanical testing services.
“The decision to add chemical analysis to the services offered by PES was customer driven,” said Walt Moorhead, president, PES. “We wanted to become a more well-rounded testing laboratory by offering the supplementary services that our clients need.” PES’s new capabilities include chemical laboratory analysis of metals, ores, recycled materials, ceramics, aggregates and cermets.
Previously, PES was subcontracting its chemical analysis needs, but with the ACLASS ISO 17025 certification status they received in December 2010, PES can now provide in-house assistance in areas such as material processing, production enhancement and product optimization.
To help the company provide precise analysis with fast turnaround at a reasonable price, PES employed a father-son team: Jim Kratofil, Senior Analytical Chemist, and Randy Kratofil, Lab Manager.
Randy Kratofil has more than 15 years experience in chemical analysis with Nova Analytical Labs, Inc., K-Chem Lab, Inc., and Spectrographic Technologies. His experience includes metals analysis, recycled materials and cermets. Randy manages the chemical analysis lab, trains staff members, and conducts test procedures, while his father, Jim, offers consultation.
Jim Kratofil has more than 45 years of chemical lab experience as President of K-Chem Lab, Inc., and Nova Analytical Labs, Inc., and engineer and materials analyst at Kennametal. He has also been an adjunct professor of chemistry at Westmoreland County Community College and St. Vincent College for 30 years, and served as the US (ANSI) representative to ISO TC-119 SC/4 for 18 years, during which time he authored 14 ASTM methods and 10 ISO methods. He provides PES with consultation regarding metal products, chemical analysis, and ceramics/carbides to build PES labs into a successful technical enterprise.
For more information, visit www.ProductEvaluationSystems.com.
About PES
Product Evaluation Systems, Inc. (PES) is a NADCAP and ISO 17025 accredited mechanical, metallurgical, and non-destructive testing laboratory located in Latrobe, Pa. Founded in 1979, PES has been providing customers with quality service for over 30 years in the areas of failure analysis, chemical analysis, metallographic evaluation, and mechanical testing including tensile, impact, stress and creep rupture, and fracture toughness testing. To learn more about what PES can do for your company, please visit their website at www.ProductEvaluationSystems.com.
Product Evaluation Systems, Inc. Hosts Welding Qualifications Seminar
More than 60 Participate in a One-Day Welding Qualification Training; Generates Interest for Development of Welding Inspection Seminar, Slated for Fall
Latrobe, Pa. – May 27, 2010 – Product Evaluations Systems, Inc. (PES), a leading mechanical and metallurgical testing laboratory, hosted a welding qualifications seminar in March 2010, for more than 60 individuals at Giovanni’s II restaurant in Latrobe, Pa., to prepare future welders for qualification testing.
The seminar served as an instructional interpretation of the requirements and variables associated with the numerous types of welder qualification testing, and was attended by welders, quality managers, maintenance personnel, and others with an interest in the welding and welder qualification process. Following the seminar, participants were invited to tour PES’s laboratory facilities and get a better understanding for how the testing is performed.
Mike Kowatch, Quality Control Manager, PES, an NDT Level III and CWI, discussed the following: Welding Codes, Qualifications and Qualification Coupons. He also included Welding Variables, Test Positions and Test Requirements; Maintenance of Qualifications, PES’ Weld Qualification Worksheet and Qualification Records.
Due to the success of the welding qualifications seminar and the level of participation and interest, the company has planned an additional training session. The seminar will be on welding inspection, slated for September 2010.
For more information, visit www.productevaluationsystems.com.
About PES
Product Evaluation Systems, Inc. (PES) is a NADCAP and ISO 17025 accredited mechanical, metallurgical, and non-destructive testing laboratory located in Latrobe, Pa. Founded in 1979, PES has been providing customers with quality service for over 30 years in the areas of failure analysis, metallographic evaluation, and mechanical testing including tensile, impact, stress & creep rupture, and fracture toughness testing. To learn more about what PES can do for your company, please visit their website at www.ProductEvaluationSystems.com.
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