Metal Fatigue Solutions, Inc.

Civil EngineeringNevada, United States11-50 Employees

Metal Fatigue Solutions (MFS) is the premier manufacturer of metal fatigue sensing devices. Based in the U.S., MFS develops devices and systems that indicate the true status of fatigue damage in metal components. MFS’ offerings are in use for both structural health monitoring as well as advanced dynamic nondestructive testing (NDT) and nondestructive inspection (NDI). MFS top two technologies are the Electrochemical Fatigue Sensor (EFS) (TM) and the Fatigue Fuse (FF) (TM) The Electrochemical Fatigue Sensor System (EFS) (TM) is an inspection technology that determines if a growing crack exists at a given location. It can be used on both existing cracks to determine their activity or at similar fatigue susceptible details under ambient loading define the existence of growing cracks that are missed by conventional inspection methods. The EFS also detects the precursors to crack initiation to immediately verify repairs and retrofits, replacing the "wait and see" method. MFS Manufactures two systems based on the EFS method - FatigueWatch and CrackChek. FatigueWatch is a long term monitoring system with real time fatigue crack alerts for owners. CrackChek allows for high resolution checking for crack activity as well as efficacy of repairs and retrofits. Utilizing both systems creates a powerful asset management program. The Fatigue Fuse (FF) (TM) is a thin piece of metal consisting of a series of parallel metal strips connected to a common base, much as fingers are to a hand. Each of the fingers has a different geometric pattern. When the fatigue life for a given finger (or fuse) is reached, the fuse breaks. Typically, each finger is designed to fail at increments of 20% of the metal’s fatigue life. The Fuse undergoes the same strain sequence as the structure. As the fuses break, they indicate the increment of fatigue life reached for that area. Check out our website at www.metal-fatigue-solutions.com to view videos of our technologies in action.

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