{"id":3773,"date":"2025-10-11T15:15:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T22:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smithemery.com\/staging\/4272\/?post_type=enterprise&#038;p=3773"},"modified":"2025-10-11T15:15:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T22:15:32","slug":"metallurgical-engineering-failure-analysis","status":"publish","type":"enterprise","link":"https:\/\/www.smithemery.com\/staging\/4272\/enterprise\/metallurgical-engineering-failure-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Metallurgical Engineering &amp; Failure Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3773\" class=\"elementor elementor-3773\" data-elementor-post-type=\"enterprise\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-acda468 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"acda468\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a09baa1\" data-id=\"a09baa1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2142c92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2142c92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Smith-Emery Metallurgical lab provides quality control through field and laboratory testing, analysis of metal components, and forensic analysis of structural components to detect potential defects or failures, and quality issues in metals. Headed by a California-licensed metallurgical engineer, we perform Welding Procedure Specification (WPS) and provide Welder Performance Qualification Records (WPRQ) services. 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