Global testing company Exova has upgraded its laboratories in the US and UK in order to enhance its aerospace capabilities.

As part of the upgrade carried out in the facility in Anaheim, California, the company’s services in high-temperature fatigue and creep testing capabilities will be improved.

The company has also purchased eight new fatigue load frames to test ceramic-based composite materials in temperatures up to 2,400°F.

"We are able to offer a truly global CMC testing capability to the key players in the civil and military aerospace markets.”

The proposed testing will feature ceramic matrix composite (CMC) specimens to evaluate new materials for future aerospace and defence applications.

Exova’s Lancaster laboratory in the UK has also installed 24 testing frames to increase its CMC fatigue and creep testing capabilities and capacity.

Exova aerospace managing director Stuart Abbs said: “Our new and highly specialised equipment in Anaheim and Lancaster boosts capacity and capability, which allows us to meet evolving customer needs and to develop partnerships across our customer base.

“Our work provides customers with valuable data to inform R&D programmes, as well as offering more sophisticated testing for existing materials.

“In combining both the Anaheim and Lancaster capabilities and capacities, along with our materials experts and leading test engineers, we are able to offer a truly global CMC testing capability to the key players in the civil and military aerospace markets.”

With 138 facilities worldwide, the company currently provides laboratory-based testing services to test and advise on the safety, quality and performance of products, systems and operations.

Image: Exova upgrades its laboratories situated in Anaheim, California, US; and Lancaster, UK. Photo: courtesy of Exova.