BlueScope Steel Limited

Site

Weathering Laboratory – Port Kembla Laboratory

Accreditation No.

269

Site No.

262

Date of Accreditation

16 Dec 1958

Address

59 Old Port Road
Port Kembla, NSW 2505
Australia

bluescopesteel.com

Contact

Mr Mitchell Dait P: +61 (02) 42757522

Availability

Services conditionally available to external clients

BlueScope Steel Limited address map

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Weathering Laboratory – Port Kembla Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Manufactured Goods

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Material performance evaluation of paint and related products Industrial coatings Salt spray resistance Neutral salt spray (NSS)

AS 2331.3.13 (Appendix E)
Degree of dirt retention Visual comparison

AS/NZS 1580.481.1.4
Change in gloss Visual comparison

AS/NZS 1580.481.1.5
Degree of cracking Visual comparison

AS/NZS 1580.481.1.8
Outdoor weathering Not applicable

AS/NZS 1580.457.1

ASTM D1014 (45oN)
Gloss Gloss meter

ASTM D523 - 60º only
Degree of erosion Visual comparison

AS/NZS 1580.481.1.6
Degree of chalking Visual comparison

AS/NZS 1580.481.1.11 (method B)

ASTM D4214 (A,B,D)

NCCA 5.5.2 (1996)
Colour measurement Calculation

ASTM D2244

NCCA 6.1.1 (1996) Technical Bulletin
Gloss Gloss meter

AS/NZS 1580.602.2
Adhesion Tape test

AS/NZS 1580.408.4; ASTM D3359
Resistance to water environmental chamber Controlled condensation

NCCA 5.4.5 (1996) - Technical Bulletin

ASTM D4585
Degree of checking Visual comparison

AS/NZS 1580.481.1.7
Degree of dirt collection Visual comparison

AS/NZS 1580.481.1.3
Resistance to UV radiation Not applicable

ASTM G154
Corrosion Visual comparison

ASTM D1654 (2005)
Degree of blistering Visual comparison

AS/NZS 1580.481.1.9

ASTM D714
Degree of corrosion of coated metal substrates Visual comparison

AS/NZS 1580.481.3

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Materials

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Metallic corrosion evaluation Chemical corrosion treatment materials Salt spray resistance Neutral salt spray (NSS)

ASTM B117

AS 2331.3.13 (Appendix E)

NCCA 5.4.6 (1996) - Technical Bulletin

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