Research and Development (R&D)

Reverse Engineering	Materials Devlopment
New Alloy Devlopmewnt	Coating and Paint Formulation
Sensor Devlopment	Metallic Coating Devlopment
Corrosion Testing and Evaluation	Mechnical Testing
Photographic Documentation	Finite Element Analysis
Microetching and ASTM E407, ASTM E340, ASTM E381	Replication ASTM E1351
Grain ASTM E112	Coatings and platings ASTM B748, ASTM B487
Corrosion testing ASATM A262 Practice A, B, C, D & E, ASTM B368, ASTM D4585, ASTM G31, ASTM G61, ASTM G85	Weld evaluation ASME and AWS

MATCO Services, Inc.

Independent Supplier of Research and Development Services

One of the pervasive trends across many industries in the developed world is the down-sizing of corporate laboratory and research facilities. The treasured skills and equipment for carrying out these functions have been dispersed, but the internal need for the services still remains as a vital component of corporate success.

This where an experienced organization such as MATCO can step in to meet those on-going needs. MATCO has in-house expertise in research and development across many industries, with additional virtually unlimited contacts among experts across the world, making the creation of a specialized team to work on your project a relatively simple matter. In addition, MATCO has a deep commitment to meeting client needs on time and on budget, making the R&D process a more agile one than in the usual large corporate environment.

We offer two styles of R&D support:
a)     programs designed to meet the current needs of a given company, and
b)     programs which look at common needs of an entire industry or a segment of an industry.

In the first type, a company may have a project under way but may have met up with a road block for which they see no current solution. MATCO can jump into that situation and run various series of trials to identify and test potential solutions to the immediate problem. Such a problem might be the development of a methane sensor for a particular application.

In the second, it may be necessary to form consortia of several companies to investigate general problems. At a fairly large scale this is similar to what was done at Montana State University when they created the Biofilm Engineering Institute to investigate the general phenomena which occur when biofilms form at surfaces, whether those be on human implants, brewery condensers, or nuclear power plant cooling water piping. We can envision two or three companies, each too small or for other reasons unable to tackle a common problem, coming together to support a common research effort. Such a program might be something such as the elimination of white rust during transportation of coiled galvanized steel.

We look forward to discussing your R&D needs with you and proposing a MATCO solution for your specific needs.

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