HRL Technology Group Pty Ltd

Site

Mechanical Testing

Accreditation No.

561

Site No.

554

Date of Accreditation

16 Dec 1965

Address

Level 1, Unit 4/677 Springvale Road
Mulgrave, VIC 3170
Australia

hrlt.com.au

Contact

Mr Trevor Layzell P: +61 (03) 95659854

Availability

Services available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Mechanical Testing

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Manufactured Goods

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Material performance evaluation of metal products Prepared metallic test specimens Tensile properties Tensile tests with control of strain rate, including yield stress and proof stress

AS 1391, ASTM A370, E8

0.4 N to 500 kN 
Tensile properties at elevated temperatures Tensile tests with control of strain rate, including yield stress and proof stress

AS 2291

0.4 N to 500 kN at elevated temperatures in the range ambient to 600°C
Bending properties Transverse guided bend AS 2505.1
Through thickness Tensile tests EN 10164;
AS 3678;
AS 1548
Hardness Rockwell - Scale B; Rockwell - Scale C; Vickers

AS 1815.1, AS 1817.1

Vickers - 9.8 to 980 N
Fracture toughness Crack tip opening displacement

BS 7448; AS 2205.7.3

Plane strain fracture toughness tests and crack opening displacement tests in bending mode, in the temperature range -40°C to ambient
Springs Compression Not applicable

in the range 0.1N to 500 kN
Tubing/piping Flattening properties Not applicable

AS 11163:1991
Welded test specimens Bending properties Longitudinal guided bend; Tongue bend; Transverse free bend; Transverse guided bend; Transverse joggle-butt wrap around bend

AS/NZS 2205.3.1, 

AS 2205.3.2, .3.3, .3.4, .3.5
Fracture toughness Crack tip opening displacement

BS 7448

Plane strain fracture toughness tests and crack opening displacement tests in bending mode, in the temperature range - 40°C to ambient
Macroscopic examination Macroscopic examination

AS/NZS 2205.5.1
Fracture test Macroscopic examination; Visual examination

AS/NZS 2205.4.1
Hardness Rockwell - Scale B; Rockwell - Scale C; Vickers

AS 1815.1

AS 1817.1

Vickers - in the range 9.8 to 980 N
Tensile properties at elevated temperatures All-weld-metal tensile; Tensile tests with control of strain rate, including yield stress and proof stress

AS 2291

0.4 N to 500 kN at elevated temperatures in the range ambient to 600°C
Tensile properties All-weld-metal tensile; Tensile tests with control of strain rate, including yield stress and proof stress

AS 1391, ASTM A370, E8

0.4 N to 500 kN 
Material performance evaluation of paint and related products Industrial coatings Thickness Microscopic examination

microscope

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Materials

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Metallic corrosion evaluation Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys; Chemical corrosion treatment materials; Copper and copper alloys; Ferrous materials; Plating Salt spray resistance Copper accelerated acetic acid salt spray (CASS); Neutral salt spray (NSS)

 ASTM B368 and AS 2331.3.3

 ASTM B117 and AS 2331.3.1
Pitting corrosion resistance Corrodkote (CORR)

Corrosion resistance of stainless steels - pit depth (Method A) and mass loss to ASTM G48

AS 2331.3.7, ASTM B380
Plating Coating mass; Coating thickness Dissolution - Strip, weigh and analytical; Gravimetric; Microscopic examination

 microscope

ASTM A90

Weight of zinc coatings on ferrous articles

Average thickness by strip and weigh methods
Coating thickness Microscopic examination

microscope
Metallographic evaluation of metals and alloys Ferrous materials Non-metallic inclusion content Macroscopic examination; Microscopic examination

AS 2087, ASTM E45
Case depth and depth of decarburisation Hardness traverse; Macroscopic examination; Microscopic examination

 AS 1982
Depth of surface defects Microscopic examination
Graphite type and distribution in cast irons Microscopic examination

 ISO 945-1
Assessment of grain boundary cementite

 AS 1733, ASTM E112

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