Testing Services

Selecting the right material for a new medical device -- especially when it comes to polymers -- is critical to the success of the product. Material failures are costly and common; more than a third of FDA recalls are due to material problems. Preventing Material Failure in Plastic Products: A Resource for Medical Manufacturers, written...

As low-carbon energy options continue to evolve, EWI has been exploring related challenges including the qualification of new materials for hydrogen service, concerns related to legacy infrastructure conversion, and thermophysical modeling of impurity interactions. A year ago, we inaugurated our Environmental Testing Laboratory, focused on the evaluation of material properties under exposure to high-pressure, gaseous...

EWI’s technical team goes broad and deep. In addition to the well-known engineering corps, we have a highly skilled, absolutely essential team of top-notch technicians working in both our Columbus and Buffalo facilities. They cover many key tasks at EWI including loading, setting, and fixing new and redeployed systems; running weld, material, and integrity tests...