fatigue testing

Advanced Technologies, Inc. is a military aerospace research, development and manufacturing company in Newport News, Virginia. It designs, analyzes, fabricates and develops full and sub-scale advanced composite and metal rotor blades, precision machined rotor systems, wind tunnel models, display models and mockups. The company operates an 84,000 square foot facility with a precision machine shop, environmentally controlled composite areas and secured design and fabrication rooms.

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Alemnis AG is a Swiss company based in Gwatt (Thun) that develops nanoindentation and in-situ micromechanical testing instruments. Its flagship product, the Alemnis Standard Assembly (ASA), is a displacement-controlled indentation platform for in-SEM and in-air use, with modular configurations for high/low temperature, humidity, liquid cells, and ultra-high strain rates. The company also offers contract testing services in its Applications Laboratory.

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AVNIK Defense Solutions, Inc. is a prime contractor for Army and Navy Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I and Phase II projects and a subcontractor for Army Aviation engineering services. Formed in January 2006, AVNIK is a privately held Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) Sub-Chapter S Corporation. AVNIK personnel have strong engineering and military backgrounds supporting DoD weapons systems lifecycle management.

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Axel Products, Inc. is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and provides material testing services for engineers and analysts. The focus is on the characterization of nonlinear materials such as elastomers and plastics, with data often used to develop material models in finite element analysis codes such as ABAQUS, ANSYS, Hexagon.Marc, Endurica and LS-Dyna. Testing services also examine sealing, fatigue problems, and high strain rate events.

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Nicholsons is a global specialist in the design and manufacture of resilient metal seals and gaskets, established in 1923 by J.B. Nicholson in Gateshead, United Kingdom. With over 95 years' experience, Nicholsons Group has design, sales and manufacturing sites in Europe and the USA, supplying metal seals that operate from cryogenic to high temperatures and vacuum to high pressures across Aerospace, Automotive, Oil & Gas, Power Generation, Medical and Nuclear sectors.

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Cortest, Inc., founded in 1977 in Willoughby, Ohio, specializes in corrosion and materials testing equipment, including custom pressure vessels and monitoring devices, for sectors like oil, gas, nuclear, and steel. The company designs and manufactures custom test systems and supplies fully outfitted laboratories, and offers installation, training, commissioning, and refurbishment services worldwide.

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Epsilon Technology designs and manufactures extensometers for materials testing, offering over 35 models covering non-contact optical and laser, axial, high-temperature, fracture mechanics, deflectometers, transverse/diametral, rock/concrete/asphalt, averaging, bi-axial, axial/torsional, and specialty extensometers, plus interface electronics and calibrators.

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Advancing Aerospace Technologies for More Than 25 Years 2000-2026 ES3 is a niche engineering firm providing specialized design, development, and fabrication of products for aerospace and other heavy industry sectors. In 2025 we celebrated our 25th anniversary. With immense gratitude, we thank our many customers who directly or indirectly sponsor the technology development responsible for our business growth. ES3 has a purposeful business mission–to improve the performance, maintenance, and supply of mission-critical and safety-of-flight components while reducing the environmental impact of aerospace production processes and the hazardous exposures of aviation maintenance crews. ES3 operates more than 300,000 square feet of customized office, laboratory, and production facilities in eight locations including San Diego, California, Clearfield, Utah, Warner Robins, Georgia, Midwest City.

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Frank Bacon Machinery Sales Co. is a family owned and operated provider of new, used and remanufactured testing equipment with over 70 years of experience rebuilding equipment. The company is recognized as having the world's largest inventory of surplus testing and inspection equipment, and offers ISO 17025 A2LA accredited calibration with a full service department. Founded in 1953 in Detroit, MI, it has grown to a 30,000 sq. ft. facility in Warren, MI.

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