QUALITY CONTROL
All AJAX facilities are supported by the A2LA accredited AJAX Laboratory Service. Internationally recognized suppliers of metal finishing applications have fully licensed and authorized AJAX to apply their products due in part to our thorough quality control procedures. Historic data and process monitoring systems are integrated across all services to capture critical operating parameters. Our stable processes, time-proven metal finishing protocols, and precise distribution structures equate to continuous adaptation and improvement.

• ISO 9001:2000 Registered
   Quality System

• A2LA Accredited Testing Laboratories

• Ford Q-1 Award

• Ford Motor Company’s Heat Treatment
  “Preferred Supplier Award”

ACCREDITED TEST

Heat Treating
Hardness (Rockwell C, 15N, 30N)
Tension testing of fasteners (axial & wedge)
Proof load (externally threaded fasteners)
Proof load (internally threaded fasteners)
Depth of decarburization

Depth of carburization
Sample preparation

Plating
Thickness by X-ray fluorescence
Thickness by eddy current

Verification of phosphate
coating weight (gravimetric)
Salt spray

Locking & Sealing
Adhesive torque testing

Torque tension testing

TEST REFERENCE

ASTM E18
ASTM F606, F606M, SAE J429
ASTM F606, F606M, SAE J429
ASTM F606, F606M
ASTM E384, E1077
SAE J121, J121M

ASTM G79, SAE J423
ASTM E3

ASTM B568
ASTM E376

ASTM B767
ASTM B117

IFI 125/525*
USCAR 10, USCAR 11
GM 9064P

GM 4435M, 6035M
GMW 3044, 3200, 4700
SAE J174, J174M
FORD WZ-100, WZ-101