Quality · Equipment

Comprehensive lab infrastructure, end-to-end standardization

Four laboratories plus a non-destructive testing center cover product testing from alloy chemistry to finished-part durability — proprietary instrumentation across the chain lets Hetian build customized solutions to manufacturing challenges with professional efficiency.

Laboratory testing machines at Hetian - servo tensile tester, durability test rig and high-pressure cleaning bench
Materials and mechanical properties laboratories — servo tensile tester, durability rig and high-pressure cleaning bench.

The Labs

Room by room, instrument by instrument

Lab I · Materials

Materials Laboratory I

  • Vickers hardness tester (HV 0.3–50)
  • Brinell hardness tester HB-3000 (3,000 kgf)
  • Rockwell hardness tester (HRA/HRB/HRC)
  • Metallurgical microscope (800× magnification)
  • SPECTRO LAB optical emission spectrometer (OES)
  • ZEISS Axio Imager metallurgical microscope

Lab II · Environment

Environmental Test Lab II

  • Dynamic thermo-mechanical fatigue tester
  • Temperature & humidity test chamber
  • Ozone aging test chamber
  • FISCHER DUALSCOPE® MP0 dual-function coating thickness gauge
  • Salt spray test (NSS / CASS)
  • Muffle furnace

Lab III · Mechanical

Mechanical Properties Lab III

  • Servo-controlled tensile tester (20 kN capacity)
  • Computer-controlled universal testing machine (2 kN)
  • Servo-controlled tensile tester (1.5 kN)
  • Brinell hardness tester HB-3000 (3,000 kgf)
  • Digital torsion pendulum tester with LED bar display
  • Electronic torque measuring machine

Lab V · Durability

Fatigue & Durability Lab V

Multi-station fatigue benches for ball joints, bushings and control-arm assemblies — swing-angle endurance, torque retention and load-cycle life at temperature extremes.

NDT Center

Non-Destructive Testing Center

  • X-ray defect detector
  • Automated fluorescent penetrant inspection line

Three automatic fluorescent penetrant lines across a dedicated inspection area, plus X-ray bays for internal porosity in cast arms — internal defects found before the parts ship, not after.

The Instruments

Key laboratory instruments, bench by bench

Selected instruments from the materials, environmental, mechanical and durability laboratories — model for model, as installed on the Wuhu campus.

Fixed direct-reading optical emission spectrometer MAXx in the Hetian materials laboratory

MAXx

Fixed direct-reading spectrometer

Metallographic microscope Vert.AI for microstructure examination

Vert.AI

Metallographic microscope

Micro Vickers hardness tester DHV-1000Z in the materials laboratory

DHV-1000Z

Micro Vickers hardness tester

Laboratory muffle furnace HD-E805-5 for specimen heat treatment

HD-E805-5

Muffle furnace

Ozone aging test chamber QL-150 for rubber weathering tests

QL-150

Ozone aging test chamber

Salt spray tester HD-E008 for corrosion resistance testing

HD-E008

Salt spray tester

Closed rotorless vulcanizer M-3000AU for rubber cure characterization

M-3000AU

Closed rotorless vulcanizer

Servo tensile testing machine TSC-2000 in the mechanical properties laboratory

TSC-2000

Servo tensile testing machine

Three-station ball joint high-low temperature durability tester

3-Station

Ball joint high-low temperature durability tester

Ball joint high-pressure cleaning test bench WSD-8846

WSD-8846

Ball joint high-pressure cleaning bench

Ball pin impact tester LE-XQXCJ-5000J

LE-XQXCJ-5000J

Ball pin impact tester

On the Line

Inspection isn’t a lab-only job

X-ray inspection bay with an aluminum control arm inside the chamber

8,800 m² · 1M pcs/yr

X-ray detection

Dedicated X-ray bays screen die-cast control arms for internal porosity — every critical casting, not a sample.

Automatic fluorescent penetrant inspection line at the Hetian plant

2,000 m² · 3 lines

Fluorescent penetrant inspection

Three automatic FPI lines reveal surface cracks that the eye misses — on forged arms, before machining hides them.

Automated bushing line with end-of-line test stations at the Hetian plant

Assembly · EOL

End-of-line checks

Air-tightness testing, torque and swing-angle measurement and QR-code laser marking close the loop — every unit traceable, every unit checked.

See It Yourself

Equipment lists and test reports are shared openly — bring your quality engineer to walk the labs.