National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
ARL Laboratory Services Pty Ltd
Site
Mechanical Division
Accreditation No.
12611
Site No.
19043
Date of Accreditation
12 Oct 2010
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 mechanical performance of pressure equipment | Metallic storage vessels; Pressure vessels | Hydrostatic pressure | Not applicable | AS 4037 Section 17 | Up to 200 MPa |
Piping; Pressure fittings; Valves | Hydrostatic pressure; Leakage | Not applicable | AS 1210 Clauses 5.10 to 5.14, AS 2885.5 sections 6.2, 6.5, 6.7 AS 4037 Section 17 to 21, AS 4041 clauses 6.7, 6.7, 6.8, ASME B31.3 sections 345.4, 345.5 and 345.6 | up to 200 MPa |
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Manufactured Goods
Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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Material performance evaluation of metal products | Fixtures and components | Tensile properties | Not applicable | in-house method MQTP-310 | 50 N to 1000 kN |
Metal foil and screens; Welded test specimens | Hardness | Rockwell - Scale B; Rockwell - Scale C | AS 1815.1, ASTM E 18 | B and C Scales | |
Prepared metallic test specimens | Bending properties | Simple bend | AS 2505.2.1 | 50 to 1000 kN | |
Prepared metallic test specimens; Tubing/piping | Compression | Not applicable | in-house method MQTP-321 | ||
Prepared metallic test specimens; Tubing/piping; Welded test specimens | Shear strength | Not applicable | AS 2205.8.1, AS 2205.8.2, AS/NZS 1554.3, AWS D1.1, ISO 15630-2 | ||
Prepared metallic test specimens; Welded test specimens | 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, ASME IX QW150, ASTM E8, AWS D1.1, D1.2, ISO 4136 | 50 to 1000 kN | |
Hardness | Vickers | AS 1817.1, AS 4291.1, AS/NZS 4291.2, ASTM A370, ASTM E 92, ASTM E 384, ASTM F606, ISO 898-1, ISO 898-2, ISO 3506-1, ISO 3506-2, ISO 6507-1 | 294 to 980 N | ||
Hardness | Brinell | AS 1816.1, ASTM E10 | 1 to 29.4 kN | ||
Impact resistance | Charpy - Assessment of fracture appearance; Charpy V-notch - Impact value | AS 1544.2, ASTM E23, ISO 9016 | at -196°C to ambient | ||
Bending properties | Not applicable | AS/NZS 2205.3.1, AS 2205.3.2, AS 2205.3.3 (2003), ASME IX QW 160, AWS D1.1, D1.2, ISO 5173 | |||
Reinforcing bar and steel prestressing materials for concrete | Bending properties | Simple bend | AS/NZS 4671 clause 7.2.3 | ||
Geometric properties | Mass per unit length; Surface geometry | AS/NZS 4671 C3.1, C 3.2 & C3.3 | |||
Tensile properties | Longitudinal tensile | AS 4671 Appendix C2 | |||
Threaded fasteners, bolts and nuts | Breaking load; Proof load | Not applicable | AS 4291.1,AS/NZS 4291.2, ASTM A370, ASTM F106, ISO 898-1,ISO 898-2, ISO 3506-1, ISO 3506-2 | 50 N to 1000 kN | |
Tubing/piping | Flattening properties | Not applicable | AS/NZS 1163 Section 10, ASTM A370, ASTM A450 | ||
Welded test specimens | Macroscopic examination | Macroscopic examination | AS/NZS 2205.5.1, ASME IX QW 183, QW 184, AWS D1.1, D1.2, ISO 17639 | ||
Fracture test | Macroscopic examination; Visual examination | AS/NZS 2205.4.1, ASME IX QW 182, ISO 9017 |
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; Low alloy steels; Manganese steels; Nickel and nickel alloys | Comparative indication of material grade and alloy type | Portable X-ray fluorescence equipment | in-house method QTP-131; | Including SS303, SS304, SS316, SS321, SS347, SS2205, P1, P5, P11, P91, 410, 420, INCONEL 400, INCONEL 625, 6Mo, 2024-T3 , 6061-T6, UNC 1100, UNC 23000, UNC 70600 |
Metallic corrosion evaluation | Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys | Pitting corrosion resistance | Critical crevice temperature; Critical pitting temperature; Ferric chloride pitting | ASTM G48 Method A | |
Detrimental intermetallic phase | Charpy V-notch - Impact value; Ferric chloride corrosion test; Sodium hydroxide etch test | ASTM A923 Methods A,B,C | |||
Chemical corrosion treatment materials; Plating | Coating mass | Dissolution - Strip, weigh and analytical | AS 1627.6 Appendix B4, AS 2331.2.1 | ||
Coating thickness | Microscopic examination | AS 1214 Appendix A, AS 2331.1.1, ASTM B487 | |||
Metallographic evaluation of metals and alloys | Aluminium and aluminium alloys | Anodising thickness | Not applicable | AS 1231 Section 7.2, ASTM B487, ISO 1463 | |
Depth of cladding | Microscopic examination | ASTM B487 | |||
Aluminium and aluminium alloys; Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys; Copper and copper alloys; Ferrous materials | Phase identification and proportion | Microscopic examination | ASTM E562 | ||
Aluminium and aluminium alloys; Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys; Copper and copper alloys; Ferrous materials; Magnesium alloys; Nickel and nickel alloys; Titanium and titanium alloys | Grain size | Microscopic examination | AS 1733, ASTM E112, ISO 643 | ||
Depth of surface defects | Microscopic examination | ASTM E3 | |||
Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys; Ferrous materials | Detection of iron on passivated steel - Contamination test | Copper sulfate; Potassium ferricyanide nitric acid | ASTM A380 Clauses 7.2.5.3, 7.3.4, ASTM A967 Practices D, E | ||
Ferrous materials | Non-metallic inclusion content | Macroscopic examination; Microscopic examination | AS 2087 (1977), AS 2197 (1978), ASTM E45 Section 5.1.3 | ||
Graphite type and distribution in cast irons | Microscopic examination | ASTM A247, ISO 945 | |||
Case depth and depth of decarburisation | Hardness traverse; Macroscopic examination; Microscopic examination | AS 1982 Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, AS 2003 Sections 6.1, 6.2, ASTM F2328, ISO 2639, ISO 3754, SAE J423, | |||
Embrittlement | Not applicable | ASTM A143 |
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Accreditation No.
12611
Site No.
19043
Print date
22 Dec 2024