Thales Australia Limited

Site

Maritime and Aerospace – NDT Laboratory

Accreditation No.

20446

Site No.

281

Date of Accreditation

24 Jul 1959

Address

Laboratory , Ground Floor, Building 68 , Garden Island
Potts Point, NSW 2011
Australia

thalesgroup.com.au

Contact

Mr Michael Cramer P: +61 (02) 95623737

Availability

Services available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Maritime and Aerospace – NDT Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Infrastructure and Asset Integrity

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Magnetic particle testing Metallic surfaces - Magnetic Defect detection and characterisation AC magnetic flow; Coil; Current flow
Defect detection and characterisation 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; Welded joints - Aluminium 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; Metallic piping; Metallic plate Corrosion; 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; Composite materials; Rolled or wrought aluminium products; Rolled or wrought non-ferrous materials; Rolled or wrought steel products; Soldered and brazed joints; Welded joints - Aluminium alloys; Welded joints - Ferritic materials Defect detection and characterisation A-scan - Manual Bonded metals - machine bearings, hard facings;
Castings - non-ferrous metals and alloys - aluminium alloys, copper alloys;
Rolled or wrought non-ferrous materials - copper alloy forgings;
Composite materials - involving glass and carbon fibre reinforced plastics.
Metallic piping; Metallic plate; Riveted and bolted joints 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 Rolled products: Shell, bulkhead and deck plate for loss of wall thickness.  Including visual inspection of brazed joint bond.

Castings: Ship propulsion equipment including propeller blades, hubs and bearing components for mechanical damage.

Forgings: Ship propulsion equipment and engine components such as propeller bolts, drive gears and clutch assemblies for mechanical damage; Forged ordnance components such as breech block and pins for mechanical damage.

Welded joints: Ferritic and non-ferritic steel fabrication butt and fillet welds in existing pipe and plate; Aluminium fabrication butt and fillet welds in existing pipe and plate; Copper and Copper Alloy fabrication butt weld and fillet welds in existing pipes
Non-destructive testing (NDT) - Visual testing - Prior to initial service Welded joints Defect detection Visual testing

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