Mechanical Testing

Mechanical Testing Capabilities

Our fully equipped laboratory and testing facility includes a full range of destructive materials testing services. We provide necessary testing for Weld Procedure Qualification requirements to satisfy provincial regulatory agencies as well as other governing bodies such as CWB and ASME.


Our capabilities include:

  • Tensile Testing (Yield & Ultimate)

  • Fatigue Testing (S-N & da/dN curves)

  • Compression Testing

  • Fracture Testing

    • CTOD Testing

    • K1C Testing

    • J1C Testing

  • Charpy Impact Testing

  • Hardness Testing (Rockwell, Macro Vickers, Micro Vickers, & Brinell)

  • Dynamic Tear Testing

  • Wear/Abrasivity Testing

  • Specimen Heat Treatment

  • Metallographic Analysis

  • Field Metallographic Replication and Portable Hardness Testing

  • Boiler Tube Deposit Weight Density (DWD) Analysis


In addition to our extensive testing experience, our in depth knowledge of CSA and ASME codes allow us to customize testing parameters to optimize the range of qualification. This allows procedures to be qualified for a wider range of applications.


To ensure the highest standards are maintained, all testing is performed to international standards (i.e. ASTM and ASME) following the principles and procedures of our Quality Control Manual. Our Quality Assurance Program is designed in accordance with the requirements of ISO Guide 17025: General Requirements for the Accreditation of Calibration and Testing Laboratories.

Custom Built Servo Hydraulic Tension and Compression Testing Bed

Custom Built Servo Hydraulic Tension / Compression Testing Bed Can be Equipped with Hot / Cold Environment Box

Charpy Impact Test Machine in Motion

Charpy Impact Testing

Microhardness testing machine and micrograph showing indentations

Microhardness Testing

Heat treated plate cooling on a refractory brick

A Heat Treated Sample Cooling

Customized Mechanical Testing Solutions

Wayland's staff also provides customized testing services for situations where existing procedures are not applicable. This service not only includes developing a unique test procedure but also includes providing the necessary apparatus. In some situations we have been able to modify existing test equipment; for other projects we have designed and manufactured new machines capable of performing the required testing. In both cases, we draw on our experience with control instrumentation and software technologies to design a customized package allowing full computer control of both the machine operation and the subsequent data acquisition.