Astro partners with NSL Analytical Services for Additive Manufacturing testing

July 5, 2023

Astro Mechanical Testing Laboratory, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, has selected NSL Analytical Services, Inc, Cleveland, Ohio, to be its collaborative outsourcing partner for chemical composition, trace analysis and metal powder characterisation testing. NSL Analytical Services was reportedly chosen because its metals chemicals experience and turnaround time aligns with Astro’s mission to streamline the qualification, validation and certification process for its Additive Manufacturing customers.

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Astro provides certified testing and qualification services to aerospace primes and advanced space companies, streamlining the process for products in space flight hardware, rockets and satellites. NSL Analytical is an independent commercial materials testing business, maintaining several quality approvals across multiple industries. It is said that both companies look forward to a partnership that provides the very best in advanced testing services for the Additive Manufacturing industry.

“We are excited to have NSL as part of our one-stop shop for additive testing. NSL is key in allowing us to cover the entire gamut of testing and analytical capabilities, which will hugely benefit our additive customers,” shared Humna Khan, CEO and founder of Astro.

www.nslanalytical.com

www.astrotestlab.com

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