Sanitary valve material testing, read before we machine
Sanitary valve material testing starts before anything is machined: every batch of incoming stainless steel is read on our own PMI spectrometers. A mill certificate says what a supplier believes. A spectrometer says what the bar in our rack is, and anything that reads wrong goes back.
Instrument
Handheld PMI spectrometer
How often
Every incoming batch
What you get
EN 10204 3.1 certificate
How sanitary valve material testing is done
What the check is there to find, what is actually done with the instrument, and what leaves the factory with the goods.
What it catches
- Mixed grades — 304 delivered as 316L, which is the substitution a hygienic line cannot tolerate.
- Off-specification heats that would fail a customer’s own incoming inspection.
- Semi-finished blanks from a different batch than the one ordered.
How it is run
- A handheld PMI spectrometer is put against the part and the composition read on the spot.
- Raw material is read on arrival; blanks and finished parts are read again if a batch is ever in doubt.
- The reading is taken in our own factory, by us — nothing is sent out to be verified.
What you get
- An EN 10204 3.1 material certificate ships with every order.
- Carbon content and mechanical test reports on request.
Measured against
- EN 10204 3.1 and PMI(abre num separador novo) The inspection document a mill issues with a heat, and the handheld reading that checks the bar against it. We do both: the certificate travels with the order, the spectrometer proves it in our own rack.
Alloy is the one thing a buyer cannot check by eye on delivery, which is why it is the one we check first and record in writing.
Questions about material testing
Do you test every batch or a sample?
Can I have the material certificate with my order?
Which grades do you work in?
What happens to a batch that reads wrong?
Is a PMI reading the same as a mill certificate?
Can you test parts I already have?
Send the specification, not an introduction
Tell us the size, the connection and what runs through it, and you get a priced quotation instead of a request for more information.
- Material certificate on every order
- Every valve pressure tested, not sampled
- Quoted in your language and your Incoterm