About Us
Serving your NDT needs for over three decades!
Hammitt & Associates was founded in 1981 as a fully independent nondestructive testing (NDT) organization offering both laboratory and field inspection services. Currently, our services include magnetic particle (both high and low volume), liquid penetrant, ultrasonics and digital radiography. We serve clients throughout the Midwest in a variety of industries, including automotive, fabrication, construction and power generation.
At Hammitt & Associates we adhere to only the highest standards. That’s why our technicians must complete rigorous in-house and external training programs and demonstrate a thorough knowledge and a high a degree of proficiency in the nondestructive testing method they employ. All of our technicians are certified to Level II and Level III in the multiple nondestructive methods we offer*.
Senior Technical Staff
Our senior technical staff has over 100 years of combined experience in industrial nondestructive testing programs.
Jim
Hammitt
President and CEO of Hammitt & Associates, has extensive experience in nondestructive testing practices in the fabrication, automotive, construction and power generation industries.
Frederick
Esmacher
Quality Manager, has 30 years of experience in the laboratory, aerospace, fabrication, and automotive industries and holds Corporate Level III certifications in ultrasonics, liquid penetrant, magnetic particle and radiography.
*Our technicians are trained and certified in accordance with requirements set forth in the National Aerospace specification NAS-410: "Certification/Qualification of Nondestructive Testing Personnel”