TUV's North America Lab Achieves Milestone by Inspecting 500,000 Automotive Parts in 12 Months
The TÜV Rheinland North America laboratory in West Unity, Ohio has reached the first milestone in its 12 month history by performing 500,000 inspections of automotive parts, including pitman arms and steering knuckles. This has been achieved with the expertise of certified magnetic particle inspection (MPI) technicians.
This lab was opened in September 2021 as part of TÜV Rheinland's mission to provide service to customers by having one regional location for all their inspection and testing requirements.
"Achieving our first 500,000 auto parts inspections has been a hard work of the entire team, which represents the quality of our service and our commitment to making the world a safer place. This is the first step that will lead us to continue making history in North America, as well as continuing our steady growth in the region", explains Josh Irwin, Inspection Supervisor TÜV Rheinland of North America.
In addition, the lab has automated Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI) capabilities, which can efficiently process forgings with fast turnaround times. This process is a non-destructive testing (NDT) process to detect surface and subsurface discontinuities in ferromagnetic materials such as iron, nickel, cobalt and some of their alloys. The presence of a surface or subsurface discontinuity in the material allows magnetic flux leakage, since air cannot support as much magnetic field per unit volume as metals.
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