One of the first areas of work for us was Materials and Process Engineering, an engineering field that is indispensable for almost any company. Materials and processes used in manufacturing a product will determine the success or failure of a project and even a corporation as a whole. AGS-Engineering is committed to serving its customers with expert advice and rapid response at a reasonable price; our rapid growth is a result of our customer's satisfaction. We work with fully equipped accredited laboratories, that have advanced materials test equipment such as scanning electron microscope SEM, EDS with light element detection, metallography, microhardness, photography and video capabilities. Below in the submenus you will find detailed information on each of the services we provide. To summarize briefly, we offer:

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• Design of Materials and Processes

• Investigation and Root Cause Determination in Material and Process Issues

• Standard and Customized Testing

• Material Analysis

• Failure Analysis

• Investigation of Bonding, Soldering and Joining Problems

• Cleanliness and Contamination Analysis

• Surface Characterization and Modification

• Advanced Technologies such as Thin Films, Microfabrication, Nano and Mesofabrication

• Arcing and Fire Analysis

• Design & Development and Testing of Component and Product Packaging

• Consulting Services on Vital Technologies such as Hermeticity, Temperature Stabilization, Heating and Cooling of Electronic & Optical Products and Packages

• Consulting Services on Cost, Environmental Impact, Recycling, Health Hazard, Compliance with Industry and International Standards…etc. of Materials and Processes.

• Engineering Integration

• Trade Studies Covering Advantages and Disadvantages

• Evaluation of Raw Materials and Processing Cost

• Performance Evaluation and Benefit Verification

• Product Liability and Litigation Support, Insurance and Subrogation, Expert Witness,

 

Some major laboratory and software tools we frequently use to serve our clients are:

• SEM / EDS

• TEM

• FTIR

• XPS

• TOF-SIMS

• Optical Microscopy, Metallurgical Microscopy

• Spectrophotometry, Interferometry, Polarimetry, Refractometry

• ERD

• Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)

• Optical Emission Spectroscopy

• Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)

• Colorimetry

• LCR and Other Electronic Properties

• Permeation Testing

• Moisture Analysis

• Environmental Cycling & Accelerated Aging Test & Thermal Shock

• Tensile Test & Torsion test

• Various Other Mechanical Tests such as Hardness, Fatigue, Creep…

• Surface Finish & Roughness

• Ultrasonic Flaw Detection

• Melt Flow Rate / Extrusion Plastometry

• Wet Chemical Analysis

• Sample Preparation (dicing, metallization, etching…etc.)

 

Our materials and process engineers have spent many years working for companies that manufacture products. Their experience includes preliminary design and materials recommendations, design review and materials call outs for engineering drawings, quality control testing and implementation, research and development of new materials, processes and products, and failure analysis & determination of root cause with corrective and preventive actions. Having a large pool of engineers coming from different backgrounds we are able to complement the work and be able to look at challenges from different directions.

 

Some of the industries our materials engineers have been serving are:

• Appliances

• Consumer Products

• Automotive Parts

• Electronics & Semiconductors

• Optical Industry

• Industrial Equipment

• Hand Tools

• Gears & Bearings

• Fasteners

• Spring & Wire Manufacturing

• Mold & Tool & Die

• Hydraulics & Pneumatics

• Container Manufacturing

• Textiles

• Aerospace

• Defense

• Transportation Industry

• Chemical and Petrochemical

• HVAC

• Medical & Health

• Pharmaceutical

• Nuclear Power

• Food Processing and Handling