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ABI Innovation develops and manufactures equipment that non-destructively provides tensile and fracture toughness properties of metals. The proprietary ABI®  test method saves program and facility owners costs and time lost from conventional, destructive testing.

Automated Ball Indentation® (ABI®) is a nondestructive mechanical test where a spherical (ball) indenter is forced into the surface of a metallic sample or a structural component to nondestructively determine tensile and fracture toughness. This is performed using the Stress-Strain Microprobe® (SSM™).

Testing Services

For field testing services, please complete the form below to contact ABI® Integrity Services, a certified WBE/WOSB:

ASTM E636-14
Standard Guide for Conducting Supplemental Surveillance Test for Nuclear Power Reactor Vessels, E706 (IH)

ASTM E8/E8M-13a
Standard Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials

ASTM E1820-13
Standard Test Method for Measurement of Fracture Toughness

ASTM E1921-13a
Standard test Method for Determination of Reference Temperature, To, for Ferritic Steels in theTransition Range

Standard Test Methods for: “Nondestructive and Localized Determination of Stress-Strain Curve and Initiation Fracture Toughness of Ferritic Steel Samples and Structures Using Haggag Tensile and Toughness Method (HTTM)” November 2105

Available for download from PRCI, In-Situ Measurement of Pipeline Mechanical Properties Using Stress-Strain Microprobe - Validation of Data for Increased Confidence & Accuracy.