MEE Greatest Hits
One of our long-time customers recently sent us this image of a tower of CD’s containing project data that he humorously refers to as “MEE’s Greatest Hits: the essential collection.” This is data he has collected over a 10-year period of doing business with MEE and contains mostly SEM images and EDS analysis spectra. Once upon a […]
Materials Science Camp 2016
Thirty high school students spent a day at MEE as part of a week-long Materials Science Camp sponsored by the MN Chapter of ASM International. Under the direction of industry and education based “Materials Mentors”, students got hands-on experience solving a materials failure analysis project. Three on our staff, Larry Hanke, Kurt Schenk and Neal Hanke, were camp mentors. This […]
MEE Hires Second Intern
Welcome to summer intern, Josh Polzin. Josh will be a freshman in the college of engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor this fall. We met Josh last summer when he was a high school senior attending the Minnesota ASM materials science camp. Students spend one day of the camp in the MEE laboratory learning […]
New Laboratory Service
Materials Evaluation and Engineering, Inc. has added testing to ASTM standard F2082 to its list of laboratory services. This test provides a rapid and economical method for the determination of transformation temperature for Nickel-Titanium shape memory alloy, also known as Nitinol. Nitinol’s unique shape-memory and superelastic properties lends itself to a wide variety of uses in medical and industrial […]
International Training Conference
MEE Materials Engineer, Neal Hanke, recently spoke at the International Association of Arson Investigators Training Conference in Orlando Florida. Neal’s presentation on Materials Analysis in Fire Investigation was part of a 4 hour course on Arc Mapping: Continued Research and Updates. The conference is attended by fire investigators, scientists, engineers, insurance adjusters and attorneys from around the world. […]
Microhardness Tester
We just added a second microhardness tester to the MEE laboratory. The Mitutoyo 200 series tester has both Vickers and Knoop capabilites and a test force range of 0.05 grams to 2000 grams. Typical applications for microhardness testing include hardness of thin coatings, case depth evaluation, and evaluation of welds. Feel free to call and arrange a tour […]
MD&M 2015 in Minneapolis
You’ve seen our pictures on the website, maybe talked to us on the phone or exchanged emails with us. This week is your chance to meet us in person. Stop by the MEE booth (815) at MD&M this week ,November 4-5, in the Minneapolis Convention Center. Already an MEE client? It’s always fun to see some […]
Case Studies
Three new case studies have been added to our website. We think case studies can provide a better understanding of what we do and how we approach typical projects at MEE. The three newest additions, Leaks in a Fire Protection System. Cracking Capacitors and Fractured Glass Cooking Pot Lid, highlight the range of experience of our technical […]
Preparing Samples for Metallographic Examination
Not all of our projects come to us in small packages. How do we get that 7′ long, 6″ diameter steel tube or the 4′ diameter industrial fan under a microscope? Sample preparation often begins in our machine shop. The MEE shop is equipped with a variety of cut-off saws, a Bridgeport mill, plasma cutter, […]
Variable Pressure SEM vs Field Emission SEM
Two types of modern scanning electron microscopes provide the range of sampling handling and resolution needed for evaluating most samples – the variable pressure SEM (VPSEM) and the high-resolution field emission SEM (FESEM). At MEE, we offer SEM services with both types of microscopes to meet almost every challenge. The VPSEM is a workhorse for routine work, but magnification is not […]