Victorian Testing & Inspection Services - Melbourne Laboratory

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Victorian Testing and Inspection Services – Melbourne Laboratory

Accreditation No.

19968

Site No.

18865

Date of Accreditation

10 Mar 2010

Address

33 Catalina Drive
Tullamarine, VIC 3043
Australia

victesting.com.au

Contact

Mr Andrew Joiner P: +61 (03) 51338220

Availability

Services available to external clients

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Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Victorian Testing and Inspection Services – Melbourne Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Manufactured Goods

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Material performance evaluation of elastomers, plastics and composite products Prepared test specimens Impact toughness Charpy V-notch - Impact value ISO 179-1
Bending properties Not applicable ISO 21751 APA work instruction 400-WI-L-001
Material performance evaluation of metal products Prepared metallic test specimens Charpy impact toughness Charpy - Assessment of fracture appearance; Charpy - Lateral expansion; Charpy V-notch - Impact value

AS 1544.2, ASTM A370, ASTM E23; 

in-house method VTS-TP-22 for preparation of Gull-Wing test pieces 

-70°C to 30°C and at -196°C
Hardness Brinell

AS 1816.1; ASTM E10; ASTM A370

 10/3000 kg
Hardness Vickers

AS 1817.1, ASTM E92, ISO 6507-1

20 g to 50 kg
Hardness Rockwell

AS 1815.1, ASTM A370, ASTM E18

 Rockwell scales A, B and C
Tensile properties Tensile tests with control of strain rate, including yield stress and proof stress; Tensile tests with load stress and cross-head control

AS 1391, ASTM A370, ASTM E8/E8M, ISO 6892-1

2 kN to 300 kN
Reinforcing bar and steel prestressing materials for concrete Tensile properties Tensile tests with control of strain rate, including yield stress and proof stress; Uniform elongation (Agt) AS/NZS 4671 Section 7.2.2 2 kN to 300 kN
Geometric properties Mass per unit length AS/NZS 4671 Appendix C3.3
Bending properties Reverse bend; Simple bend AS/NZS 4671 Section 7.2.3
Geometric properties Surface geometry AS/NZS 4671 Section 7.4
Shear strength of welded joints in mesh Direct shear force AS/NZS 4671 Section 7.2.5
Rolled products including bar, strip and metal sheeting; Tubing/piping Mass per unit length Not applicable

AS 1163; in-house method VTS-TP-25
Tubing/piping Flattening properties Flattening

AS 1163 Clause 9.3.5, API 5L
Welded test specimens Charpy impact toughness Charpy - Assessment of fracture appearance; Charpy - Lateral expansion; Charpy V-notch - Impact value

AS 1544.2, AS 2205.7.1, ASME IX QW170, ASTM A370, ASTM E23, AWS D1.1, ISO 148-1

-70°C to 30°C and at -196°C
Hardness Vickers

AS 1817.1, AS 2205.6.1, ASTM E92, ISO 6507-1

 20 g to 50 kg
Macroscopic examination Visual examination AS 2205.5.1, ASME IX QW 183 and QW 184, DNV 0SF101 Appendix B 1001, ISO 17639
Hardness Brinell AS 1816.1, ASTM A370, ASTM E10 10/3000 kg
Bending properties Longitudinal guided bend; Tongue bend; Transverse free bend; Transverse guided bend; Transverse joggle-butt wrap around bend

API 1104, AS 2205.3.1, AS 2205.3.2, AS 2205.3.3, AS 2205.3.4, AS 2205.3.5, ASME IX QW160, ISO 5173, ISO 9606-1
Fracture test Macroscopic examination; Visual examination

AS 2205.4.1-2003,  AS 2205.4.2-2003, AS/NZS2205,4,1, API 1104, ASME IX QW 182, ISO 9017, ISO 9606-1
Tensile properties Tensile tests with load stress and cross-head control

AS 1391, AS 2205.2.1, AS 2205.2.2, AS 2205.2.3, API 1104, ASME IX QW150, AWS D1.1, ISO 4136

2 kN to 1000 kN
Material performance evaluation of metal products Prepared metallic test specimens Bending properties Transverse free bend

AS 2505.1

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Materials

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Metallic corrosion evaluation Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys Corrosion resistance; Pitting corrosion resistance Ferric chloride crevice; Ferric chloride pitting ASTM G48 Method A & B
Metallographic evaluation of metals and alloys Austenitic, duplex and nickel-chromium alloys Phase identification and proportion Point count ASTM E562

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