Metlabs (Australia) Pty Ltd

Metlabs IRISNDT

Site

Mechanical and Metallurgical Testing

Metlabs IRISNDT

Accreditation No.

20595

Site No.

24635

Date of Accreditation

08 Oct 2019

Address

226 Planet Street
Welshpool, WA 6106
Australia

metlabsaust.com.au

Contact

Mr John Carroll P: +61 (08) 93614995

Availability

Services available to external clients

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Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Mechanical and Metallurgical Testing

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Manufactured Goods

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Material performance evaluation of metal products Prepared metallic test specimens Bending properties Longitudinal guided bend; Transverse guided bend AS 2505.1
Hardness Rockwell - Scale B; Rockwell - Scale C AS 1815.1, ASTM E18, ISO 6508-1
Hardness Vickers AS 1817.1, ASTM E92, ISO 6507-1 9.8 N to 294.2 N
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;
ISO 6892-1
Impact resistance Charpy - Assessment of fracture appearance; Charpy - Lateral expansion; Charpy V-notch - Impact value AS 1544.2;
AS 1544.5;
ASTM E23;
ASTM A370;
ISO 148-1		 from ambient temperature to -80°C and at -196°C
Hardness Brinell - Portable tester ASTM E110 tests to 29.4 kN
including on-site testing
Hardness Brinell AS 1816.1, ASTM E10 tests to 29.4 KN
Reinforcing bar and steel prestressing materials for concrete Tensile properties Longitudinal tensile AS/NZS 4672.1 Section 5.5;
AS 1391;
ISO 15630-1 Section 5
Tubing/piping Bending properties; Flattening properties Not applicable ASTM  A450
Welded test specimens Impact resistance Charpy - Assessment of fracture appearance; Charpy - Lateral expansion; Charpy V-notch - Impact value AS 1544.2;
AS 1544.5;
ASTM E23;
ASTM A370;
ISO 148-1;
AS 2205.7.1		 from ambient temperature to -80°C and at -196°C
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;
ASME IX QW-150;
ASTM E8M;
 for the compliance with AS 3992 and AWS D1.1
Fillet-break fracture; Fracture test Macroscopic examination; Visual examination AS/NZS 1665 Section 4.2.9, AS 2205.4.1, AS 2205.4.2 (2003), ASME IX QW-182, AWS D1.1 Section 4.22.4, AWS D3.6 Section 5.11 and ISO 9017
Bending properties Simple bend; Slow bend on rail sections AS 1085.20 Appendix K
Fracture test; Nick-break fracture Macroscopic examination; Visual examination API 1104 Section 5.6.3, AS/NZS 1665 Section 4.2.9, AS 2205.4.1, ISO 9017

Hardness Vickers AS 1085.20 Appendix G3, AS 1817.1, AS 2205.6.1, ASME IX QW-290, ASTM E92, NACE MR0175 / ISO 15156-2, NACE MR0175 / ISO 15156-3 and ISO 6507-1

 9.8 N to 294.2 N
Macroscopic examination Visual examination AS 1085.20 Appendix H, AS 2205.5.1, ASME IX QW-183 & Table QW-453, AWS D1.1 Sections 4.9.4, 4.11, 4.22.2, 9.15.4.1 and 9.22.1, AWS D3.6 Section 5.11, DNVGL-OS-C401 Section 3.3.4, DNVGL-RU-SHIP Part 2 Chapter 4 Sections 12 and 14, DNVGL-ST-F101 Appendix B.2.10 and ISO 17639


Bending properties Longitudinal guided bend; Transverse guided bend AS 2205.3.1, AS 2205.3.3, AS/NZS 3992 Section 7.6, ASME IX QW-160, AWS D1.1 Section 4.9.3.1, AWS D3.6 Section 5.11, ISO/EN 5173

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Materials

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Metallic corrosion evaluation Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys Pitting corrosion resistance Ferric chloride pitting ASTM G48 Method A
Intergranular corrosion resistance Copper-copper sulfate-50% sulfuric acid; Copper-copper sulfate-sulfuric acid; Oxalic acid etch AS 2038 (1977), ASTM A262 Practices A and E, ISO 3651-2
Intergranular corrosion resistance Nitric acid AS 2038 (1977), ASTM A262 Practices A and C, ISO 3651-1
Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys; Ferrous materials Detrimental intermetallic phase Ferric chloride corrosion test ASTM A923 Methods A and C 
Metallographic evaluation of metals and alloys Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys Phase identification and proportion Point count ASTM E562 
Detection of iron on passivated steel - Contamination test Potassium ferricyanide nitric acid ASTM A380 Clause 7.3.4
Ferrous materials Phase identification and proportion Microscopic examination AS 1085.20 Appendix I

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