Scientific
Services
Overview
The CANMET
Materials Technology Laboratory (CANMET-MTL) is unique in having
the capability to cover the complete materials cycle, from materials
selection, fabrication, in-service performance and characterization
to prototype product development. CANMET-MTL's strength lies in
its people, a carefully recruited team of expert scientists and
technicians who have made outstanding contributions to science and
technology and in its complete range of special-purpose scientific
equipment.
CANMET-MTL
delivers its portfolio of research projects through the efficient
and effective deployment of its research personnel, through a judicious
selection of project delivery policies and practices, and through
a matrix management
structure. CANMET-MTL's group leaders ensure smooth
operation and focus on building capability in both expertise and
facilities. Their challenge is to maximize the potential of the
intellectual and physical capital, with which they are entrusted,
to achieve the demands placed on the groups by the research portfolio.
CANMET-MTL is also a test centre for non-destructive testing personnel.
With its unique
mix of facilities (an experimental casting laboratory, a pilot-scale
rolling mill, formability testing equipment, corrosion testing,
mechanical testing, and an extensive array of characterization facilities),
it is possible for CANMET-MTL to investigate a wide variety of materials
including metals and alloys (steel, aluminum, magnesium, copper,
nickel, zirconium, etc.), metal matrix composites, intermetallics,
coatings, ceramics, concrete and some plastics. We can simulate
manufacturing processes like casting, rolling, stamping, forging,
drawing and welding, as well as advanced manufacturing processes
such as metal powder injection moulding.
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