Positive Material Identification (PMI) Testing Services

Ensure Your Material Conforms to the Proper Specifications

Positive material identification (PMI) is essential to verify that the materials supplied conform to the proper specifications – to assure that the chemical makeup of the metallic parts have the proper percentage of key elements.

Benefits at a Glance

With PMI testing services from TÜV Rheinland, you can be sure of:

  • Highly specific and accurate results, essential to good quality control
  • Assurance for verification of specialty metal parts
  • Field testing with laboratory quality
  • Quick results for product verification and sorting of product that may have been inadvertently mixed
  • Reduced risk of company liability with documented information
  • Fast audit times and our long-standing experience
  • Showing how high your high-quality standards are
  • TÜV Rheinland’s exclusive, one-stop service
  • Compliance with local government and industry requirements

Our Services for Positive Material Identification

TÜV Rheindland offers PMI testing services through experienced, trained personnel who can assure quality service. The material scan and testing can be performed on-site before the pieces go into service. It can be utilized on a variety of part sizes – from large complex parts to things as small as the weld fill material on the pieces.

Approach

Positive material identification (PMI) is performed using a handheld device. The device scans the metallic material using an emitted electromagnetic wave (X-ray fluorescence/XRF) and receives a reply that is analyzed as a spectrograph for key elements and the percentage of makeup of the elements in the compound.

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