National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Aben Technical Services Pty Ltd
Site
ABEN Technical Services Pty Ltd
Accreditation No.
15676
Site No.
18686
Date of Accreditation
19 Apr 2010
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of high voltage/power equipment and components - Performance | Cable coupling devices | Holding tension (slip withstand) | Not applicable | IEC 60512-16-4 | |
| Evaluation of mechanical performance of pressure equipment | Piping; Pressure fittings | Hydrostatic pressure | Not applicable | AS 4041 Section 6.7; AS 4037 Section 17; AS 1631 Section 9; ASME B31.3 Chapter VI, Section 345 | up to 65 MPa |
| Pressure vessels | Hydrostatic pressure | Not applicable | AS 4041 Section 6.7; AS 4037 Section 17; ASME VIII Div. I Section UG-99 | up to 65 MPa, including onsite tests |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Manufactured Goods
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material performance evaluation of metal products | Fixtures and components; Prepared metallic test specimens; Welded test specimens | Tensile properties | All-weld-metal tensile; Axial tensile; Longitudinal tensile; Tensile tests with control of strain rate, including yield stress and proof stress; Transverse butt tensile; Transverse joggle-butt tensile; Transverse tensile; Uniaxial tension | AS 1391; ASTM A370; ISO 6892-1; ISO 4136 | 1 N to 250 kN |
| Prepared metallic test specimens; Welded test specimens | Impact resistance | Charpy - Lateral expansion; Charpy V-notch - Impact value | AS 1544.2; AS 2205.7.1; ASTM A370; ISO 148-1; ISO 9016 | At ambient temperature and down to -800 Degrees C | |
| Hardness | Vickers | AS 1817.1; ISO 9015-1 | 24.5 N to 980 N | ||
| Hardness | Rockwell - Scale B; Rockwell - Scale C | AS 1815.1 | |||
| Hardness | Brinell - Portable tester | ASTM E110 | at 29.4 kN | ||
| Welded test specimens | Macroscopic examination | Macroscopic examination | AS/NZS 2205.5.1; ISO 17639 | ||
| Bending properties | Longitudinal guided bend; Tongue bend; Transverse free bend; Transverse guided bend; Transverse joggle-butt wrap around bend | AS NZS 2205.3.1; AS 2205.3.2; AS 2205.3.4; AS 2205.3.5; ISO 5173 | |||
| Fracture test | Macroscopic examination; Visual examination | AS/NZS 2205.4.1; ISO 9017 |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Materials
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metallic corrosion evaluation | Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys; Ferrous materials | Intergranular corrosion resistance; Pitting corrosion resistance | Copper-copper sulfate-sulfuric acid; Ferric chloride pitting | ASTM G48M Method A; ASTM A763 Practice Z | |
| Metallographic evaluation of metals and alloys | Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys | Detection of iron on passivated steel - Contamination test | Potassium ferricyanide nitric acid | ASTM A380 Clause 7.3.4 | |
| Ferrous materials | Solidification analysis of steel castings | Macroscopic examination; Visual examination | AAR M210 Sections 4.3.4, 4.3.5 AAR M211 Sections 4.3.3.2, 4.3.3.3, 4.3.3.4; 4.3.3.5 |
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Accreditation No.
15676
Site No.
18686
Print date
29 Nov 2024