Material Identification and Process Verification

The end product of material identification and process verification is usually the confirmation of a material specification that is called out by the OEM in its production. Theoretically speaking, all the characteristics listed in a material specification should be tested and verified before it can be called equal to the specification of an OEM design. However, in real-life reverse engineering practice, usually only select characteristics are tested and compared. The characteristics that are tested are determined by their criticalities to the part functionality. The data that are specified in a typical engineering material specification will be reviewed in the next section to establish a foundation and create guidelines for future discussions. 

Table 5.4 summarizes the applications and limitations of the common analytical techniques used in reverse engineering for material identification and process verification. 

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