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Watch this Tech Talk Webinar to discover how an accredited commercial laboratory like NSL produces accurate repeatable results in a timely manner. You'll learn how to select a lab, the differences in accreditations, and understand what it all means. 

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ASM International Cleveland Chapter invites you to attend our Tuesday, January19th meeting via Ring Central.  Meeting starts at 7:00 pm. Chapter Chair Dave Kovarik will do opening remarks, introduce our speaker and topic, with the presentation to follow.

The event is free. Please register and the link will be emailed to you in the registration confirmation email.

January Online Technical Meeting
Tuesday 1/19/2021
7:00 PM

Special Topic: A Forensic Investigation of Origin for the Image & Shroud of Turin Using Material Analytical Techniques
Guest Speaker: David Onysko

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With nearly 1,000 materials restricted by California’s Proposition 65, compliance may appear to be a daunting and expensive task. In this Tech Talk webinar, NSL's Dave van der Wiel and Sarah Baskerville discuss common misconceptions of Prop 65 compliance, review the regulated products and materials, and provide practical advice for helping businesses navigate toward a compliance solution.

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Dr. Dave van der Wiel, NSL's Director of Technology Development, wrote an article about "How Metal Powder Surface Area Influences Additive Manufacturing" that was published in Powder Metallurgy Review Magazine. Learn more about the article and about the highly-respected publication below. Then, contact us to speak with the author or another member of our team.

Dr. Dave van der Wiel, NSL's Director of Technology Development, spoke at the 2020 ASTM International Conference on Additive Manufacturing. His presentation covered powder flow and avalanche rheometry.

Optical microscopy has been a staple of metallurgical analysis to determine cleanliness, grain structure, surface conditions, porosity, and more. In this Tech Talk webinar, NSL metallurgists Dave Kovarik and Rebecca Stawovy explain the history of metallurgical microscopes and how they work. You will also learn the features of modern-day microscopes and how they are used today.

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NSL Analytical Services, Inc. has registered with DDTC regarding the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).  NSL is now accepting projects subject to ITAR/EAR registration.

NASA’s Perseverance rover, which is scheduled to land on Mars on February 18, 2021, will reportedly carry eleven metal additively manufactured parts. “Flying these parts to Mars is a huge milestone that opens the door a little more for Additive Manufacturing in the space industry,” said Andre Pate, the group lead for Additive Manufacturing at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.

The analysis of particle size distributions is widely accepted as a critical requirement in many metal and ceramic processes. In this webinar, we discussed the pragmatic issues associated with the most readily-available techniques and which complimentary methods might be insightful for certain applications, without having to develop a new historical dataset of particle size information. Access the slide deck and video recording by completing the form below.

NSL Analytical Services, Inc. has announced the launch of their new “Tech Talk” webinar series. Webinar attendees enjoy exciting presentations, conversations and demonstrations from NSL’s scientists and experts regarding testing strategies, equipment, and techniques, among other related topics.