National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
LMATS Pty Ltd
Site
LMATS Melbourne Laboratory
Accreditation No.
15840
Site No.
17127
Date of Accreditation
03 Jul 2008
Contact
Ms Sakshi Kumar P: +61 (03) 93999199
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
LMATS Melbourne Laboratory
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of load handling, rigging and tensioning systems | Anchors and anchor plate assemblies | Proof load | Not applicable | AEFAC TN05 Vol 1 & 2 | |
| Evaluation of mechanical performance of pressure equipment | Metallic storage vessels; Piping; Pressure fittings; Pressure vessels; Valves | Hydrostatic pressure | Not applicable | AS 1579 Appendix F, AS 1631 Section 9.1, AS 2885.5 Section 7.8 (Type 1), AS 4037 Section 17, ASME B31.3 Section 345.4, AS 2885.5 Section 7.9 (Type A) | Above ground and exposed pipe sections up to 50 MPa |
| Piping; Pressure fittings; Valves | Hydrostatic pressure; Leakage | Not applicable | AS 1579 Appendix F, AS 1631 Section 9.1, AS 2885.5 Section 7.8 (Type 1), AS 4037 Section 17, ASME B31.3 Section 345.4, AS 2885.5 Section 7.9 (Type A) | Above ground and exposed pipe sections up to 50 MPa | |
| Leak evaluation of welds | Metallic storage vessels | Leakage | Differential pressure box | ASME V Article 10 | |
| Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Electromagnetic testing | Castings - Austenitic stainless steel and duplex metals; Metallic tubes - Ferromagnetic materials; Rolled or wrought steel products; Welded joints - Stainless steel, austenitic and duplex materials | Ferrite number | Ferrite meter | ||
| Castings - Cast irons, steel and alloy steels; Castings - Non-ferrous metals and alloys; Rolled or wrought non-ferrous materials; Rolled or wrought steel products | Conductivity | Conductivity meter | |||
| Coatings | Coating thickness | High frequency eddy current | | ||
| Composite materials; Metallic tubes - Non-ferromagnetic materials; Rolled or wrought non-ferrous materials | Defect detection and characterisation | Low frequency eddy current | |||
| Metallic surfaces | Defect detection and characterisation | High frequency eddy current | |||
| Metallic tubes - Non-ferromagnetic materials | Profiling | Multiple frequency eddy current | |||
| Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Electromagnetic testing - Specialised - Eddy current array | Metallic surfaces | Defect detection and characterisation | Not applicable | ||
| Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Magnetic particle testing | Metallic surfaces - Magnetic | Defect detection and characterisation | AC magnetic flow; DC magnetic flow | ||
| Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Penetrant testing | Metallic surfaces | Defect detection and characterisation | Solvent removable; Water washable | ||
| Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Radiographic testing | Castings - Cast irons, steel and alloy steels; Castings - Non-ferrous metals and alloys; Composite materials; Rolled or wrought aluminium products; Rolled or wrought steel products; Welded joints - Aluminium alloys; Welded joints - Clad and overlaid steel; Welded joints - Copper and copper-nickel alloys; Welded joints - Ferritic materials; Welded joints - Stainless steel, austenitic and duplex materials; Welded joints - Titanium and titanium alloys | Defect detection and characterisation | Film radiography | ||
| Metallic components | Product geometry | Film radiography | |||
| Metallic piping; Metallic tubes - Ferromagnetic materials; Metallic tubes - Non-ferromagnetic materials | Material profiling; Wall thickness | Film radiography | |||
| Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Radiographic testing - Specialised - Computed radiography | Castings - Cast irons, steel and alloy steels; Castings - Non-ferrous metals and alloys; Composite materials; Rolled or wrought aluminium products; Rolled or wrought steel products; Welded joints - Aluminium alloys; Welded joints - Clad and overlaid steel; Welded joints - Copper and copper-nickel alloys; Welded joints - Ferritic materials; Welded joints - Stainless steel, austenitic and duplex materials; Welded joints - Titanium and titanium alloys | Defect detection and characterisation | Not applicable | ||
| Metallic piping; Metallic tubes - Ferromagnetic materials; Metallic tubes - Non-ferromagnetic materials | Material profiling; Wall thickness | Not applicable | |||
| Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Ultrasonic testing | Bonded metals; Castings - Cast irons, steel and alloy steels; Castings - Non-ferrous metals and alloys; Rolled or wrought non-ferrous materials; Rolled or wrought steel products; Welded joints - Aluminium alloys; Welded joints - Clad and overlaid steel; Welded joints - Ferritic materials; Welded joints - Stainless steel, austenitic and duplex materials | Defect detection and characterisation | A-scan - Manual | ||
| Castings; Forgings; Metallic components; Metallic piping; Metallic plate; Metallic tubes - Ferromagnetic materials; Metallic tubes - Non-ferromagnetic materials | Material loss characterisation; Profiling | A-scan - Manual | |||
| Material thickness - Spot/grid only | A-scan - Manual; Thickness meter | ||||
| Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Ultrasonic testing - Specialised - Phased array (PAUT) | Bonded metals; Castings - Cast irons, steel and alloy steels; Castings - Non-ferrous metals and alloys; Rolled or wrought non-ferrous materials; Rolled or wrought steel products; Welded joints - Aluminium alloys; Welded joints - Clad and overlaid steel; Welded joints - Ferritic materials; Welded joints - Stainless steel, austenitic and duplex materials | Defect detection and characterisation | Manual | ||
| Castings; Forgings; Metallic components; Metallic piping; Metallic plate; Metallic tubes - Ferromagnetic materials; Metallic tubes - Non-ferromagnetic materials | Material loss; Profiling | Manual | |||
| Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Ultrasonic testing - Specialised - Time of flight diffraction (ToFD) | Bonded metals; Castings - Cast irons, steel and alloy steels; Castings - Non-ferrous metals and alloys; Rolled or wrought non-ferrous products; Rolled or wrought steel products; Welded joints - Aluminium alloys; Welded joints - Clad and overlaid steel; Welded joints - Ferritic materials; Welded joints - Stainless steel, austenitic and duplex materials | Defect detection and characterisation | Manual | ||
| Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Visual testing - During service life | Castings; Forgings; Rolled products; Welded joints | Defect detection | Visual testing | Castings - Valve bodies, piping components, locomotive engine components Forgings - Valve components, pressure vessel attachments, locomotive engine components Rolled products - Pressure vessel and structural plates and sections Welded joints - Pressure vessel and structural welds, including pipe welds | |
| Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Visual testing - Prior to initial service | Castings; Forgings; Rolled products; Welded joints | Defect detection | Visual testing |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Manufactured Goods
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of access protection products | Edge protection (including guardrails and guardrail posts) | Deflection; Rigidity; Strength | Not applicable | AS 1657 Section 6.1.2, Appendices B and C | |
| Material performance evaluation of elastomers, plastics and composite products | Pipe material and related products | Peel strength; Tensile properties | Tensile tests with load stress and cross-head control | ISO 13953 ISO 13954 | Butt joints |
| Material performance evaluation of metal products | Fixtures and components | Tensile properties | Not applicable | LMATS in-house procedure TP-ME-02 | 500 N to 500 kN |
| Prepared metallic test specimens; Tubing/piping | Bending properties; Compression; Flattening properties; Shear modulus; Shear strength | Not applicable | LMATS in-house procedure TPME-03, AS/NZS 1163 Section 10; AS 2505.3; ASTM A370 | Compression - 500 N to 500 kN | |
| Prepared metallic test specimens; Welded test specimens | Hardness | Brinell; Rockwell - Scale B; Rockwell - Scale C; Vickers | AS 1816.1; ASTM A370; ASTM E10; ISO 6506-1;AS 1815.1; ASTM E18; ASTM E384; ISO 6508.1;AS 1817.1; ISO 9015-1; ISO 9015-2; ISO 6507-1; AS 2205.6.1 | Brinell 4.9 to 29.4 kN including tests at 29.4 kN using portable hardness testers; Vickers 9.8 N to 490 N and Vickers microhardness up to 9.8 N | |
| 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, ASTM E8,ISO 6892-1,AS 2205.2, ISO 4136, ISO 5178, ISO 9018, AS 3992 Section 13.2, ASME IX QW150 and QB150, AWS D1.1 Section 4 and AWS D1.6 Section 4 | 500 N to 500 kN | ||
| Bending properties | Longitudinal guided bend; Transverse guided bend | AS 2505.1; AS 2205.2; AS 2205.5, ASTM A370, AS 2205.3.1, AS 2205.3.2, AS 2205.3.3, AS 3992 Section 13.3, ASME IX QW160, AWS D1.1 Section 4, AWS D1.6 Section 4, ISO 5173 | |||
| Charpy impact toughness | Charpy - Lateral expansion; Charpy V-notch - Impact value | AS 1544.2; AS 2205.7.1; ASTM E23; ISO 148-1 | Temperature range - ambient down to -70°C and at -196°C Excluding lateral expansion for ASTM E23 | ||
| Reinforcing bar and steel prestressing materials for concrete | Bending properties | Simple bend | AS/NZS 4671 clause 7.2.3 | ||
| Geometric properties | Indentation geometry; Mass per unit length; Rib geometry | AS 4671 Appendices C 3.1, C 3.2, C 3.3 | |||
| Tensile properties | Longitudinal tensile | AS/NZS 4671 Clause 7.2.2; Appendix C2.2 | |||
| Threaded fasteners, bolts and nuts | Tensile properties | Not applicable | AS 1391; AS 4291.1 | 500 N to 500 kN | |
| Tubing/piping | Bending properties; Flattening properties; Shear strength | Not applicable | AS/NZS 1163 Section 10, AS 2505.3, ASTM A370 | ||
| Welded test specimens | Cracking | Hot cracking | AS 2205.9.1 | ||
| Shear strength | Tensile tests with load stress and cross-head control | AS 2205.8.1, AS 2205.8.2, ISO 15630-2 | |||
| Torque on stud welds | Not applicable | ASME IX QW 192 | |||
| Nick-break fracture | Visual examination | AS 2205.4.1, ISO 9017 | |||
| Fillet-break fracture | Macroscopic examination; Visual examination | AS 2205.4.2; AWS D1.1 Section 4; ASME Section IX QW 12; AWS D1.6 Section 46; ISO 9017 | |||
| Macroscopic examination | Visual examination | AS 3992 Section 13.5; ASME IX; AWS D1.1; AWS D1.6 | Including brazed specimens | ||
| Macroscopic examination | Macroscopic examination | AS 2205.5.1, ISO 17639 | |||
| Wire, wire strands and coated wire products | Bending properties | Reverse bend; Simple bend | AS 2505.2, AS2505.4 | ||
| Wrapping | Not applicable | AS 2505.6, ASTM A370 | |||
| Tensile properties | Cord breaking strength of conveyor wire; Longitudinal tensile | AS 1391, ASTM A370, ASTM E8, ISO 6892.1 | |||
| Material performance evaluation of paint and related products | Architectural coatings; Automotive coatings; Decorative coatings; Industrial coatings; Marine coatings | Residual contaminants - Chlorides; Residual contaminants - Oil or water droplet contamination; Residual contaminants - Presence of mill scale; Residual contaminants - Soluble salts of iron; Residual contaminants - Surface dust | Not applicable | AS 3894.6, Methods A, E | |
| Ductility | Not applicable | AS 1580.402.1 | |||
| Hot water immersion | Not applicable | AS 4822 Appendix F | |||
| Degree of cure | Barcol hardness impressor | AS 3894.4 Method D |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Materials
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analysis of metals and alloys | Aluminium and aluminium alloys | Chromium; Copper; Gallium; Iron; Magnesium; Manganese; Nickel; Silicon; Titanium; Vanadium; Zinc | ICP-AES | in-house method TP-CT-12 | |
| Antimony; Beryllium; Bismuth; Cadmium; Calcium; Chromium; Copper; Gallium; Iron; Lead; Lithium; Magnesium; Manganese; Nickel; Silicon; Sodium; Tin; Titanium; Vanadium; Zinc; Zirconium | Atomic emission spectroscopy (AES) - Arc spark | in-house method TP-CT-02 | |||
| Cast irons; Chromium and chromium alloys; High alloy steels; Nickel and nickel alloys; Tool steels | Comparative indication of material grade and alloy type | Portable X-ray fluorescence equipment | UNS# A13840, A95083, A96063, C36000, C62700, C71300, G43400, C83600, G86200, N06002, N09901, R30605, R30816, S17400, S30300, S30400, S31254, S31600, S31700, S32100, S32205, S32550, S32750, S43100, T 20813, SAE# G4130, G4140, G5200 | ||
| Copper and copper alloys | Aluminium; Antimony; Arsenic; Bismuth; Cadmium; Cobalt; Iron; Lead; Manganese; Nickel; Silicon; Silver; Tellurium; Tin; Zinc | Atomic emission spectroscopy (AES) - Arc spark | in-house method TP-CT-02 | ||
| Aluminium; Antimony; Arsenic; Bismuth; Copper; Iron; Lead; Manganese; Nickel; Phosphorus; Silicon; Sulfur; Tin; Zinc | ICP-AES | in-house method TP-CT-12 | |||
| High alloy steels; Low alloy steels; Manganese steels; Plain carbon steels; Stainless steels; Tool steels | Aluminium; Boron; Carbon; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Lead; Magnesium; Manganese; Molybdenum; Nickel; Niobium; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Silicon; Sulfur; Tin; Titanium; Tungsten; Vanadium; Zirconium | Atomic emission spectroscopy (AES) - Arc spark | in-house method TP-CT-02 | ||
| Carbon | Elemental combustion analyser | in-house method TP-CT-13 | |||
| Aluminium; Arsenic; Boron; Chromium; Cobalt; Copper; Iron; Magnesium; Manganese; Molybdenum; Nickel; Niobium; Phosphorus; Silicon; Sulfur; Tin; Titanium; Tungsten; Vanadium | ICP-AES | in-house method TP-CT-12 | |||
| Material performance evaluation of refractories, ceramics and related materials | Silicate glasses | Microhardness of glass beads | Not applicable | ASTM E 384 | up to 9.8 N |
| Metallic corrosion evaluation | Aluminium and aluminium alloys | Corrosion resistance; Intergranular corrosion resistance | Mass loss after exposure to nitric acid (NAMLT test); Not applicable | ASTM G67; ASTM G66 | 5000 Series Aluminium Alloys |
| Aluminium and aluminium alloys; Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys; Copper and copper alloys; Ferrous materials | Salt spray resistance | Neutral salt spray (NSS) | ASTM B117, AS 2331.3.1, ISO 9227 | ||
| Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys | Detrimental intermetallic phase | Charpy V-notch - Impact value; Ferric chloride corrosion test; Sodium hydroxide etch test | ASTM A923 Methods A,B,C | ||
| Pitting corrosion resistance | Ferric chloride pitting | ASTM G48 Method A | |||
| Intergranular attack or end grain pitting on metals caused by aircraft chemical processes; Intergranular corrosion resistance | Acidified copper sulfate exposure - Mony-Penny-Strauss; Copper-copper sulfate-sulfuric acid; Ferric sulfate - Sulfuric acid; Nitric acid; Nitric acid exposure - Huey; Oxalic acid etch | AS 2038 Section 6,Section 7; AS 2205.10.1; ASTM A262 Practices A,B,C,E, ASTM G28 Method A; ASTM F2111 Sections 7.4, 7.5, 7.6 | |||
| Chemical corrosion treatment materials | Adhesion | Not applicable | AS 3894.9 Methods A, B, C, ASTM D3359 Methods A, B | ||
| Chemical corrosion treatment materials; Plating | Coating mass | Dissolution - Strip, weigh and analytical | AS 2331.2.1,AS 4680 Appendix G2 | ||
| Coating mass | Dissolution - Strip, weigh and analytical | AS 1627.6 Appendix B4 | |||
| Coating thickness | Microscopic examination | AS 2331.1.1, AS 1214 Appendix A; ASTM B487 | |||
| Copper and copper alloys | Dezincification resistance | Classical | AS 2345 | ||
| Stress corrosion resistance | Mercurious nitrate | AS 2136 and ASTM B154 | |||
| Metallographic evaluation of metals and alloys | Aluminium and aluminium alloys | Grain size | Microscopic examination | AS 1733, ASTM E112, ISO 643 | |
| Depth of cladding | Microscopic examination | ASTM B487 | |||
| Depth of surface defects | Microscopic examination | ASTM E3 | |||
| Phase identification and proportion | Microscopic examination | ASTM E562 | |||
| Anodising thickness | Not applicable | AS 1231 Section 7.2, ASTM B487, ISO 1463 | |||
| Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys; Magnesium alloys; Nickel and nickel alloys; Titanium and titanium alloys | Grain size | Microscopic examination | AS 1733, ASTM E112, ISO 643 | ||
| Depth of surface defects | Microscopic examination | ASTM E3 | |||
| Phase identification and proportion | Microscopic examination | ASTM E562 | |||
| Copper and copper alloys | Grain size | Microscopic examination | AS 1733, ASTM E112, ISO 643 | ||
| Depth of surface defects | Microscopic examination | ASTM E3 | |||
| Phase identification and proportion | Microscopic examination | ASTM E562 | |||
| Ferrous materials | Phase identification and proportion | Microscopic examination | ASTM E562 | ||
| Detection of iron on passivated steel - Contamination test | Copper sulfate; Potassium ferricyanide nitric acid | ASTM A380 Sections 7.2.5.3 and 7.3.4, ASTM A967 Practices D and E | |||
| Grain size | Microscopic examination | AS 1733, ASTM E112, ISO 643 | |||
| Case depth and depth of decarburisation | Hardness traverse; Macroscopic examination; Microscopic examination | AS 1982 Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, AS 2003 Sections 6.1, 6.2, ASTM F2328, ISO 2639, ISO 3754, SAE J423, | |||
| Embrittlement | Not applicable | ASTM A143 | |||
| Non-metallic inclusion content | Macroscopic examination; Microscopic examination | AS 2087, ASTM E45 Section 5.1.3 | |||
| Non-metallic inclusion content | Microscopic examination | AS 2197 | |||
| Graphite type and distribution in cast irons | Microscopic examination | ISO 945 | |||
| Depth of surface defects | Microscopic examination | ASTM E3 |
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Accreditation No.
15840
Site No.
17127
Print date
21 Apr 2025
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