LMATS Pty Ltd

Site

LMATS Sydney Laboratory

Accreditation No.

15840

Site No.

21094

Date of Accreditation

31 Jul 2012

Address

Unit 1C, 137 - 139 Silverwater Road
Silverwater, NSW 2128
Australia

lmats.com.au

Contact

Mr Tomasz Banda P: +61 (02) 96481989

Availability

Services available to external clients

LMATS Pty Ltd address map

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
LMATS Sydney 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 Piping; Pressure fittings; Valves Leakage Not applicable AS 1579 Appendix F, AS 1631 Section 9, AS 4037 Section 17, ASME B31.3 Section 345.4; AS 2885.5 Sections 7.8 and 7.9 Above ground piping (Type 1) (Type A) and exposed pipe sections up to 60 MPa
Hydrostatic pressure Not applicable AS 1579 Appendix F, AS 1631 Section 9, AS 4037 Section 17, ASME B31.3 Section 345.4; AS 2885.5 Sections 7.8 and 7.9 Above ground piping (Type 1) (Type A) and exposed pipe sections up to 60 MPa
Leak evaluation of welds Metallic storage vessels Leakage Differential pressure box ASME V Article 10
Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Electromagnetic testing Castings - Cast irons, steel and alloy steels; Castings - Non-ferrous metals and alloys; Metallic tubes - Ferromagnetic materials; Metallic tubes - Non-ferromagnetic materials; Piping - Ferromagnetic materials; Piping - Non-ferromagnetic materials; Rolled or wrought aluminium products; Rolled or wrought steel products Conductivity Conductivity meter
Castings - Cast irons, steel and alloy steels; Metallic tubes - Ferromagnetic materials; Piping - Ferromagnetic materials; Welded joints - Clad and overlaid steel; Welded joints - Stainless steel, austenitic and duplex materials Ferrite number Ferrite meter
Coatings Coating thickness High frequency eddy current
Metallic surfaces Defect detection and characterisation High frequency eddy current
Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Magnetic particle testing Metallic surfaces - Magnetic Defect detection and characterisation AC 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; 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 piping; Metallic tubes - Ferromagnetic materials; Metallic tubes - Non-ferromagnetic materials Material profiling; Wall thickness Film radiography
Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Ultrasonic testing Bonded metals; Castings - Cast irons, steel and alloy steels; Castings - Non-ferrous metals and alloys; Rolled or wrought aluminium 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 A-scan - Manual
Castings; Forgings; Metallic components; Metallic piping; Metallic plate; Metallic tubes - Ferromagnetic materials; Metallic tubes - Non-ferromagnetic materials Material thickness - Spot/grid only A-scan - Manual; Thickness meter
Material loss characterisation; Profiling A-scan - 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 bodies, piping components, 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) Load Not applicable

AS 1657 Appendix B 

 Proof load tests
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
Material performance evaluation of metal products Prepared metallic test specimens Compression Not applicable LMATS in-house procedure TP-ME-03 10 kN to 1000 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; ISO 6508.1;AS 1817.1; ISO 9015-2; ISO 6507-1;ASTM E384

AS 2205.6.1, ISO 9015-1

Rockwell B & C Scales; Brinell 4.9 to 29.4 kN including tests at 29.4 kN using portable hardness testers; Vickers 9.8 N to 490 N 

Impact resistance Charpy V-notch - Impact value

AS 1544.2; ASTM A370; ASTM E23; ISO 148-1, AS 2205.7.1

Temperature range - ambient down to -80°C and at -196°C

Tensile properties All-weld-metal 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, 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 6 and AWS D1.6 Section 6


10 kN to 1000 kN 

Reinforcing bar and steel prestressing materials for concrete Geometric properties Indentation geometry; Rib geometry

AS/NZS 4671 Appendices C3.1.4 and 3.2.4

Bending properties Simple bend

AS/NZS 4671 Clause 7.2.3

Geometric properties Mass per unit length

AS/NZS 4671 Appendix C3.3

Tensile properties Longitudinal tensile

AS/NZS 4671 Clause 7.2.2 and Appendix C2.2

10 kN to 1000 kN

Welded test specimens Fracture test Visual examination

AS 2205.4.1, AWS D1.1 Section 6, ASME Section IX QW 182, AWS D1.6 Section 6, ISO 9017

Macroscopic examination Macroscopic examination

AS 2205.5.1, ISO 17637;ISO 17639, ASME IX QW 183, ASME IX QW 184, AWS D1.1 Clause 6, AWS D1.6 Clause 6

Bending properties Longitudinal guided bend; Transverse guided bend

 AS 2205.3.1, AS 2205.3.2, AS 2205.3.3, AS 3992 Section 13.3, ASME IX QW160, AWS D1.1 Section 6, AWS D1.6 Section 6, ISO 5173

Bending properties; Compression; Flattening properties; Shear modulus; Shear strength Not applicable

 AS 2205.8.1, AS 2205.8.2; ISO 15630-2; ISO 14323; ISO 12996, ASME IX QW 196.2.1;

Compression - 10 kN to 1000 kN

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Materials

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Analysis of metals and alloys Chromium and chromium alloys; High alloy steels; Nickel and nickel alloys Comparative indication of material grade and alloy type Portable X-ray fluorescence equipment UNS# A13840, A95083, A96063, C36000, C62700, C71300, C83600, R30605, R30816, S30300, S30400, S31254, S31600, S31700, S32100, S32750, S43100, SAE G4130, G4140, AISI 4340, 17- 4PH, CDA 386, CDA 360, Inconel 901, AISI 8620, AISI 1045, Hastalloy X, H13 toolsteel, Duplex 2205, Duplex 255, Duplex 254

Metallic corrosion evaluation Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys Pitting corrosion resistance Not applicable

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-50% sulfuric acid; Copper-copper sulfate-sulfuric acid; Ferric sulfate - Sulfuric acid; Mixed acid-oxidising salt; 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 Methods A and B; ASTM F2111

Detrimental intermetallic phase Charpy V-notch - Impact value; Sodium hydroxide etch test

ASTM A923 Methods A,B

Chemical corrosion treatment materials; Plating Coating thickness Microscopic examination AS 2331.1.1, AS 1214 Appendix A, ASTM B487
Coating mass Dissolution - Strip, weigh and analytical AS 1627.6 Appendix B4, AS 2331.2.1, AS 4680 Appendix G2
Copper and copper alloys Stress corrosion resistance Mercurious nitrate

AS 2136 and ASTM B154 

Metallographic evaluation of metals and alloys Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys Detection of iron on passivated steel - Contamination test Copper sulfate; Potassium ferricyanide nitric acid

ASTM A380 Clauses 7.2.5.3 and 7.3.4, ASTM A967 Practices D and E

Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys; Magnesium alloys; Nickel and nickel alloys; Titanium and titanium alloys Phase identification and proportion Microscopic examination; Point count

 ASTM E562

Ferrous materials Graphite type and distribution in cast irons Microscopic examination

ISO 945-1, ASTM A247

Case depth and depth of decarburisation; Dimensional evaluation Hardness traverse; Macroscopic examination; Microscopic examination

AS 1982 Section 6.1, ISO 2639, ISO 3754, SAE J423, ASME IX

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