Materials can definitely make or break your product’s success.  It can be so easy to overlook the simplest of things and, in turn, end up with a substandard product.  Have you considered how your product will stand up to ultraviolet rays; how will it wear; will your finish stand the test of time; are you durable enough; are you in compliance with hazardous substance regulations; are your materials compatible; are you microbiological?  An effective Material Selection Process will definitely pay off down the road.
If your product is electronic, you most be concerned about your component selection process.  There always will be good and better quality components. In this case, you do get what you pay for; but, keeping your cost as low as possible is important.  Analyze your components right up front and find those components that will best service your design.
If something should go wrong, failure analysis maybe required.  Whether your materials are failing or your product is experiencing problems due to component performance, Thomson Lab Services has the experience and equipment to identify your cause of failure and provide recommendations for correcting these concerns. The fastest way to a better design and product is to completely understand its failures.
To support Material and Electronic Component Analyses Thomson Lab Services has three Material / Chemistry Labs with laminar flow fume hoods, a Metallurgical cross-sectioning lab, a Radiography Lab, two Scanning Electron Microscope labs, an Optical Microscopy lab,
a dark room for film development and a Component Failure Analysis Lab.	Reichert-TIC Polycon Compound Microscope
Major Analysis Equipment ·   SEM: Hitachi S570LB ·   SEM: JEOL JSM-T300 ·   X-Ray Fluorescence – XRF ·   Reichert TIC Polycon Compound Microscope ·   NIS NXR1400 Real Time X-Ray ·   ZEISS LSM310 Laser Scan Microscope ·   Jupiter III Reactive Ion Etcher – RIE ·   Perkin Elmer Lambda 11 UV/VIS Spectrophotometer