MEE staff attended the Minnesota Chapter of ASM seminar on Welding and Joining at Hennepin Technical College.  One of the talks, Solid -State Welding of  Stainless Steel to Nitinol, included SEM images of samples prepared with the broad-beam ion mill by MEE Laboratory Manager,  Kurt Schenk.

SEM and metallographic imaging of welds provides valuable information for weld process control or determination of the failure mechanism in a failure analysis project.

More images of welds and ion-milled samples can be found on our website gallery or online Materials Handbook.

We enjoyed a recent visit from, Kelli Slavik, Mayor of Plymouth and Danette Parr,  Plymouth Economic Development Manager.  The City of Plymouth has created a new campaign called Plymouth Proud  to highlight  and raise  awareness of the thriving and diverse Plymouth business community. Having just celebrated our 20th year in Plymouth we are more than happy to display a Plymouth Proud window decal at MEE.

The Mayor’s visit made us do a little research into MEE’s own connection to the business community in Plymouth. MEE has worked  with 75 different companies in the city. Materials Evaluation and Engineering, Inc. was founded to fill a local need for an independent, high-quality, materials characterization laboratory for advanced materials and critical components.  Referrals from satisfied customers have generated a steady growth of new projects and clients from across the continent and internationally but we truly appreciate our local roots.