Fisher Barton services

In-house testing ensures the safety and quality of all our mower deck blades. Our testing processes are designed to promote mower safety by checking our blades for defects and excessive wear that may occur during use and misuse. Bend tests verify that the proper ductility has been achieved in our mower deck blade manufacturing. These tests involve using a hydraulic-powered ram to steadily bend our blades to a predetermined degree. The areas of elongation that this bending produces are then thoroughly inspected. To pass the bend test, a blade must show no visible signs of cracking.

Coatings and other factors in the production of metal parts and components has become increasingly complex. As such, the need for more precise technologies to measure wear and other causes of failure has grown. Few other facilities offer the abrasion and erosion testing capabilities of Fisher Barton`s lab. Our testing capabilities allow us to repeatedly perform standardized tests to rank the abrasion and erosion resistance of our materials. We know materials wear differently in varying locations throughout the world, and with the time and high cost associated with field tests in mind, we are able to use our standardized testing to isolate the primary source of wear before parts hit the field. We use this understanding, along with our research and materials expertise, to serve you better than anyone in the industry.