
National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
LMATS Pty Ltd
Site
LMATS Perth Laboratory
Accreditation No.
15840
Site No.
16661
Date of Accreditation
02 Aug 2007
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Limitations |
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Evaluation of mechanical performance of pressure plant, pipelines and equipment | Metallic storage vessels; Pressure vessels | Leakage | Differential pressure box | |
Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Material properties and internal integrity | Rolled or wrought steel products; Welded joints - Aluminium alloys; Welded joints - Clad and overlaid steel; Welded joints - Ferritic materials | Ultrasonic detection and characterisation of discontinuities | A-scan capability; Phased array capability (PAUT) - Manual | |
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 | Radiographic detection and characterisation of discontinuities | Film radiography | ||
Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Product profile and corrosion mapping | Castings; Forgings; Metallic components; Metallic piping; Metallic plate; Metallic tubes - Ferromagnetic materials; Metallic tubes - Non-ferromagnetic materials | Ultrasonic material thickness - Spot or grid measurements | A-scan - Manual; Thickness meter | |
Ultrasonic material profiling and characterisation of material loss | A-scan - Manual | |||
Metallic plate | Electromagnetic material profiling | Magnetic flux leakage (MFL) | ||
Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Surface techniques | Metallic surfaces | Visual detection of discontinuities (prior to initial service) - Forgings | Visual examination | |
Dye penetrant detection of discontinuities | Solvent removable; Water washable | |||
Visual detection of discontinuities (prior to initial service) - Rolled products | Visual examination | |||
Visual detection of discontinuities (prior to initial service) - Welded joints | Visual examination | |||
Visual detection of discontinuities (prior to initial service) - Castings | Visual examination | |||
Electromagnetic detection and characterisation of discontinuities | Eddy current array; High frequency eddy current | |||
Visual detection of discontinuities (during service life for defined service applications) - Forgings | Visual examination |
Valve components, pressure vessel attachments, locomotive engine components |
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Magnetic particle detection of discontinuities | AC magnetic flow; Coil | |||
Metallic surfaces | Visual detection of discontinuities (during service life for defined service applications) - Castings | Visual examination |
Valve bodies, piping components, locomotive engine components |
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Visual detection of discontinuities (prior to initial service) - Welded joints | Visual examination | |||
Visual detection of discontinuities (during service life for defined service applications) - Rolled products | Visual examination |
Pressure vessel and structural plates and sections |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Manufactured Goods
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Evaluation of access protection products | Balustrades; Edge protection (including guardrails and guardrail posts) | Static load | Not applicable |
In-house method TP 3.7 for the purpose of determining compliance with AS/NZS 1170.1 Section 3.6 |
Including on-site testing. |
Edge protection (including guardrails and guardrail posts) | Rigidity; Static load; Strength | Not applicable |
AS 1657 Appendices B, C and D |
Including on-site testing. | |
Dynamic load; Static load | Not applicable | AS/NZS 4994.1 Appendices A, B, C, D, E | Including on-site testing. | ||
Fencing and gates designed for fixed installation | Dynamic load; Rigidity; Strength | Not applicable | AS 1926.1 Appendices B, C, D, E | Including on-site testing. | |
Fencing and gates designed for temporary installation | Dynamic load; Foothold aperture; Impact resistance; Simulated climbing evaluation; Wind force overturning evaluation | Not applicable |
AS 4687 Sections 4, 4.3, In-house methods TP 3.7 and TP 5.3 |
Including on-site testing. |
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Material performance evaluation of metal products | Fixtures and components | Tensile properties | Longitudinal tensile; Tensile tests with control of strain rate, including yield stress and proof stress; Transverse tensile |
AS 1391, ASTM A370, ASTM E8M, in-house method TP 2.2, ISO 6892-1 |
0.2 kN to 3000 kN including on-site testing except for tensile properties. |
Prepared metallic test specimens | Bending properties | Longitudinal guided bend; Transverse guided bend |
in-house method TP 4.1, |
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Compression; Shear strength | Not applicable |
in-house method TP 3.1 |
0.2 kN to 3000 kN |
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Hardness | Brinell |
AS 1816.1, |
tests to 29.4 kN including on-site testing. |
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Impact resistance | Charpy - Assessment of fracture appearance; Charpy - Lateral expansion; Charpy V-notch - Impact value |
AS 1544.2, AS 1544.5, |
from ambient temperature |
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Hardness | Rockwell - Scale A; Rockwell - Scale B; Rockwell - Scale C |
AS 1815.1, |
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Hardness | Vickers |
AS 1817.1, |
0.98 N to 294 N including on-site testing. |
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Prepared metallic test specimens | Tensile properties | Longitudinal tensile; Tensile tests with control of strain rate, including yield stress and proof stress; Transverse tensile |
AS 1391, ASTM A370, ASTM E8M, ASTM F606, |
0.2 kN to 3000 kN |
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Reinforcing bar and steel prestressing materials for concrete | Tensile properties | Longitudinal tensile |
AS/NZS 4672.1 Section 5.5, AS 1391, ISO 15630-3 Section 5 |
0.2 kN to 3000 kN |
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Threaded fasteners, bolts and nuts | Bolt assembly performance | Acceptable degree of tightening under specified load | AS/NZS 1252.1 Appendix D4 | ||
Hardness | Rockwell - Scale C; Vickers |
In-house methods TP 1.6 and TP 1.7, |
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Proof load | Not applicable |
AS 4291.1, AS/NZS 4291.2, AS/NZS 2465, ASTM A370, ASTM F593, ASTM F606, in-house methods TP 2.3 and TP 3.2,ISO 898-1, SAE J429 |
0.2 kN to 3000 kN |
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Tensile properties; Tension | Longitudinal tensile |
AS 4291.1, ASTM F606, in-house methods TP 2.4, TP 2.5 and TP 2.11, ISO 898-1, ISO 3506.1, SAE J429 |
0.2 kN to 3000 kN, |
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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 |
AS 1391, AS 2205.2.1, AS 2205.2.2, |
0.2 kN to 3000 kN |
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Bending properties | Longitudinal guided bend; Slow bend on rail sections; Transverse guided bend |
in-house methods TP 4.1 and TP 4.4, AS/NZS 2205.3.1, AS 1085.20 Appendix K, |
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Fillet-break fracture | Macroscopic examination; Visual examination |
in-house method TP 8.2, |
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Impact resistance | Charpy - Assessment of fracture appearance; Charpy - Lateral expansion; Charpy V-notch - Impact value |
AS 1544.5, AS 2205.7.1, ISO 148-1 |
from ambient temperature to -101°C and at -196°C |
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Hardness | Vickers |
in-house methods TP 1.4 and TP 1.10, |
Vickers - Hardness range 2.94 N to 294 N |
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Nick-break fracture | Macroscopic examination; Visual examination |
in-house method TP 8.3, |
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Macroscopic examination | Macroscopic examination |
in-house method TP 8.1, |
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Mechanical performance evaluation of ladders, racks, scaffolds and supports | Scaffolding and scaffolding components | Coefficient of friction; Stiffness; Strength | Not applicable |
AS 1576.1, AS 1576.2 Appendices A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M and N, AS 1576.3 Appendices A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H,AS/NZS 1577 Sections 3,4,5,6 Appendices A, B, C and D (scaffolding planks and decking components), |
Including on-site testing AS/NZS 1577 Appendix D (Scaffolding planks and decking components only), AS 1576.3 Appendix H (scaffolds only), AS 1576.2 Appendix N (scaffolding fittings only) |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Materials
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Metallic corrosion evaluation | Aluminium and aluminium alloys | Corrosion resistance; Intergranular corrosion resistance | Mass loss after exposure to nitric acid (NAMLT test); Not applicable |
ASTM G66; ASTM G67 |
5XXX Series Aluminium Alloys |
Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys | Pitting corrosion resistance | Ferric chloride pitting |
ASTM G48 Method A |
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Intergranular corrosion resistance | Copper-copper sulfate-50% sulfuric acid; Copper-copper sulfate-sulfuric acid; Oxalic acid etch |
ASTM A262 Practices A and E |
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Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys; Ferrous materials | Detrimental intermetallic phase | Ferric chloride corrosion test |
ASTM A923 Method C |
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Metallographic evaluation of metals and alloys | Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys | Detection of iron on passivated steel - Contamination test | Potassium ferricyanide nitric acid |
in-house method TP 8.8, |
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Ferrous materials | Phase identification and proportion | Microscopic examination | AS/RISSB 1085.20 Appendix I | ||
Phase identification and proportion | Point count |
ASTM E562 |
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Grain size | Microscopic examination |
in-house method TP 9.3, |
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Accreditation No.
15840
Site No.
16661
Print date
09 Dec 2023