Welcome to Link's Materials Consulting

In today's world of outsourcing, particularly overseas, many companies have forgone metallurgical/materials expertise on staff. Companies that once had in-house laboratories, now find themselves searching for test facilities which often do not have the necessary capabilities or expertise. Many offer results, but no suggestions on how to improve a product or properly test it. Experienced metallurgical consultants can fill that void in your organization.

Link's Materials Consulting can help you with general metallurgical and materials information, testing, component failure analysis, new product development, value analysis/engineering (VA/VE), or sustaining engineering problems where a materials engineer/metallurgist would be useful.

Link's Materials Consulting provides services in the following areas:

• Material Selection/Metallurgy
• General Metallurgical Consulting
• Manufacturing Process Selection
• Near Net Shape Manufacturing
• Heat Treatment
• Supplier Evaluations/Audits
• Materials and Heat Treat Specifications/International Standards
• Design Support
• Sustaining Engineering
• Damage/Failure Analysis
• Testing Recommendations
• Laboratory Testing
• Training
• On-Site Evaluations

In addition, a network of consultants are available that can provide technical expertise in areas such as polymers, coatings, welding, NDT/NDE, six-sigma, and corrosion.