Australian Wool Testing Authority Ltd

Site

Melbourne Laboratory

Accreditation No.

2859

Site No.

2852

Date of Accreditation

28 Jun 1990

Address

24 Robertson Street
Kensington, VIC 3031
Australia

awta.com.au

Contact

Mr David Crowe P: +61 (03) 93712136

Availability

Services available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

Melbourne Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Manufactured Goods

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Material performance evaluation of leather, textiles and related products Wool Sampling and conditioning Not applicable

Objectively matched lots - Code of Practice for the AWEX Quality System; IWTO Core Test Regulations

Preservation of sample integrity - AS 1809

Dichloromethane (DCM, methylene chloride) soluble matter in combed wool and commercially scoured or carbonised wool; Oven dry mass and calculated mass; Yield/wool base plus vegetable matter Not applicable

IWTO-19; IWTO Core Test Regulations

IWTO-33; IWTO Condition Testing Regulations for Scoured and Carbonised Wool

dichloromethane - IWTO 10

Mean staple length; Mean staple strength - Greasy Not applicable

IWTO-30; IWTO Staple Test Regulations

Conditioning Standard laboratory atmosphere

IWTO-52;

IWTO Condition Testing Regulations for Scoured and Carbonised Wool
Appraisal of test certificate requirements Not applicable

IWTO-31; IWTO Core Test Regulations; IWTO Core test regulations format of IWTO certificates

Diameter Airflow; Projection microscope

Mean fibre diameter by airflow - IWTO-28

Fibre diameter mean and distribution by fibre diameter analyser (Sirolan Laserscan) - IWTO-12

Mean and distribution of fibre diameter by Optical Fibre Diameter Analyser (OFDA) -  IWTO-47

Colour of raw wool Not applicable

IWTO-56, IWTO Colour Test Regulations

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