Metex Ltd

Metex provides specialist materials Training & Advice to Engineers, calling on 38 years experience running heavy engineering and metal-product manufacturing specialising in hot-forging, heat-treatment & failure analysis. This experience includes making high-spec customised critical components for every industry imaginable incl Titanium Alloy powder consolidation. Metex is an engineering consultant on Materials, Manufacturing & Repair Methodology, Failure Analysis, and we use many decades of industrial learning & experience to run 1-day intensive Training Courses for all engineers on best practices to avoid failure in steel components and fasteners. This training is extremely practical and loaded with real examples and lots of broken stuff. It is suitable for everyone in the engineering industry: Engineering Directors & Managers, Tradespeople/Journeymen, Designers, Specifiers/Purchasers, Maintenance Engineers, Welders, Apprentices/Trainees and Graduates. Topics covered include: Preventing Welding Failure, Failure of Fasteners, Poor Quality and Incorrect Material, Stress Raisers, Steel Processing Problems, Fatigue & Fracture Analysis, Material Selection & Ordering, Understanding Additive Manufacturing (AM) or “3D Printing” of Metal Products, Special Material Recovery & Heat-Treatment Techniques, Material Certificates (and how badly they can be wrong), Steel Grade & Properties Charts-Diagrams. The intention of this training is to alert engineers to very important basic principles to help avoid built-in failure, and to some scary issues to be aware of when sourcing bolts, nuts, and steel (incl stainless and alloy steel). It is extremely beneficial for young engineers to get the benefit of decades of experience without having to make expensive mistakes! Metex works closely with RAM3D, a world-leading production manufacturer of full-strength metal 3D-printed products in Stainless 316L & 15-5-PH, Inconel 718 and Titanium 6-4 alloys.