Cement forms the basis of virtually the entire worlds’ infrastructure. Despite its ubiquity, it is a surprisingly complex mixture of ingredients, such as lime, silica, alumina, and more. Some of these ingredients are known for releasing greenhouse gases into the...
At the heart of LECO is the desire to empower results in labs around the world. The boom of the battery industry drove us to find solutions for labs working with batteries and battery materials. We know that accurate and precise results are key to quality control and...
Are you itching to see our new CX300 sectioning machine in person? Well, you’re in luck! LECO will be in attendance at IMAT in Cleveland, Ohio, and MS&T in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. IMAT (International Materials Application and Technologies), taking place on the...
When you think of a sports competition, you may picture several athletes at the tops of their game duking it out for supremacy, whether on a pitch, a track, a course, a pool, or wherever else their sport takes them. But sport competitions can transcend humans...
In the race between the tortoise and the hare, which style of instrument analysis is best for your lab? Slow and steady or fast and loose? Unlike the fable, however, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to elemental analysis, and that is precisely why LECO’s...
Proper maintenance is more than just an annual checkup. Whether it’s for your body or your instrument, a comprehensive support plan will bring you peace of mind about your health. That’s why LECO has launched comprehensive maintenance plans for most* of...
In 2013, as the eastern span replacement of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was drawing to a close, 277 vertical steel rods to improve the seismic stability of the replacement were tested under tension using three-inch-diameter bolts. Within two weeks, 32 of the...
In 2011, LECO’s Cornerstone® brand software took the analytical world by storm. Intuitive screens. Adjustable charts. Diagnostics built into the software, with real-time monitoring and animated system diagrams. Designed by scientists, for scientists,...
Many LECO analytical instrument rely on consumables like pure chemical and high purity gases to function. When supply chain issues affect these consumables, laboratory operations can quickly increase in cost or in worst case scenarios can even be shut down. One...
Once more expensive than gold, aluminum has not lost its value over the years, only its price tag. Thanks to revolutionary methods of production largely developed in the late 1800s, the price of aluminum dropped from $34 an ounce in 1852 ($1,276 in 2022 dollars) to...
