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SUMMER 2012

Distributor's Link Magazine Summer Issue 2012 / VOL 35 / NO.3

170 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S

170 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK Laboratory Testing Inc. (LTI) has expanded its accreditation with The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). Many testing services under the umbrellas of mechanical testing and chemical testing have been added to the lab’s scope of accreditation, which previously included calibration and dimensional testing services. A2LA certificates state that LTI is accredited in accordance with the recognized International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories). The following tests have now been added to the A2LA accreditation held by Laboratory Testing Inc.: – Mechanical Testing: Hardness, Tensile and Proof Load, Jominy Hardenability, Expansion (Pin test), Flattening, Conductivity, Bend, Flare, Fastener, Stress Rupture, Impact (Charpy), Hydrogen Embrittlement, Failure Analysis, Drop Weight, Metallographic Evaluation, Weld and Braze Evaluation – Chemical Testing: Wet Chemistry, Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES), Inductively Coupled Spectroscopy (ICP-AES and ICP-MS), Combustion/ Fusion (LECO), Portable X-ray Fluorescence, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Analysis, Corrosion Susceptibility, Salt Spray, and Humidity Exposure. Laboratory Testing Inc. received its first A2LA accreditation certificate in 1989 for dimensional testing and added a certificate for calibration in 2001. The lab has continued to expand the scope of accredited testing and calibration services over the past 20 years. All of LTI’s current accreditations are valid until March 31, 2013 and may be viewed on the company’s website: www.labtesting.com/qualityaccreditations.php. For more information contact Laboratory Testing toll-free at 1-800-219-9095. You can also contact them via email at sales@labtesting.com or visit them on the internet at www.labtesting.com.

THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK 171 FTI - 10842 Noel St #107, Los Alamitos CA 90720 • Tel: 877.606.5232 • Email: info@fastenertraining.org • www.fastenertraininginstitute.org FASTENER TRAINING INSTITUTE FASTENER TRAINING WEEK - CLEVELAND WILL BE OFFERED AGAIN IN 2012! The Fastener Training Institute® in partnership with the Industrial Fasteners Institute will again present Fastener Training Week-Cleveland. This 5-day intensive version of FTI’s Certified Fastener Specialist advanced technical training program will be offered July 23-27, 2012 at IFI’s Training Center in Independence OH. Fastener Training Week-Cleveland will include everything that a student would experience in the regular seven-course CFS training, but all on consecutive days. Plus members of endorsing fastener associations receive substantial discounts. For more information and to register online go to www.fastenertraining.org and click on ‘Schedule of Courses.’ The difference between you and your competition is employee skill, knowledge and productivity. Your return on investment will be: • Added value to your company and your customers, enhanced company image • Increased efficiencies in processes, resulting in financial gain and sustainability • Increased innovation in strategies and products, risk management Fastener Training Week features learning labs taught by leading industry experts, Joe Greenslade (IFI), Carmen Vertullo CFS (CarVer Engineering), and Salim Brahimi (IBECA Technologies), interactive exercises, quizzes to reinforce learning, and plant tours of manufacturing, secondary processes and testing facilities. Upon completion and passing a final exam, attendees will be eligible to receive the Certified Fastener Specialist (CFS) designation. Registration fees for members of an endorsing organization are as low as ,500 for the first attendee with a 40% discount for each additional attendee from the same company. We have not raised our registration fees since this program was created in 2009! What our students have to say: “Great. Well worth my time and money. The instructors are dedicated to the improvement and education of the industry.” “The CFS program drastically shortened my learning curve regarding fastener specifications…..CFS is a great program taught by excellent instructors.” “This program is very comprehensive and informative.”

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