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National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
LMATS Pty Ltd
Site
LMATS Sydney Laboratory
Accreditation No.
15840
Site No.
21094
Date of Accreditation
31 Jul 2012
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Accreditation No.
15840
Site No.
21094
Print date
31 Aug 2024