Exova Pointe-Claire has expertise in the areas of:

Chemical Analysis: Utilizing the latest GDS technology as well as spectroscopic and classical wet chemical procedures to suit all sample types.

Consumer Products, Furniture, and Textiles: Performance testing of a wide variety of industrial and consumer products for conformity to standards and specifications as well as for comparative testing.

Environmental: Environmental chemical analyses of soils and waters including: semi-volatiles, PCB’s, volatile organics, pulp and paper industry specific organics, trace metals, leachate testing, BOD, COD. A full range of ASTM methods for the assessment of fuels and lubricants such as: viscosity, pour point/flash point, water by Karl Fisher or distillation, BTU value, particle count, sulfur content.

Industrial Processes and Products Expertise: Failure analyses and problem-solving expertise for the industrial and legal/insurance clientele, forensic engineering, fire investigations, and products liability: cargo inspections, evaluations of product defects.

Mechanical Testing, Metallurgy, Welding, and Rail Expertise: Tensile, impact, shear, hardness testing (rockwell, brinell, microhardness, Vickers, on-site/portable hardness), fastener testing (proof load, axial strength, wedge tensile, hydrogen embrittlement, torque/tension). Macrostructure, microstructure, case depth (total & effective), grain size, inclusion rating, coating thickness, depth of decarburization, ferrite volume, surface roughness, failure analysis and defect determinations. Weld procedures and welder performance qualification testing including bend, tensile. Services specific to the rail industry include materials characterization, system/component validation and compliance testing, specialty services include tie testing and in-plant tie inspections.

Sensory Analysis: Fully computerized sensory analysis by panelists under laboratory controlled condition leading to qualification and/or quantification of taste, odour or other sensory attributes of food and non-food market-ready products. Validation of target customer appreciation of new and existing products.