One Eighty is ISO 17025:2017 accredited through SANAS for a wide range of metallurgical tests and has the most widely scoped metallurgical testing laboratory in Africa
One Eighty’s schedule of accredited metallurgical tests:
Mechanical Tests |
Specifications |
Standard Specifications |
| Tensile Testing | At room temperature, up to 600kN, yield point elongation 0.2%, proof stress 0.5% | ASTM E8, BS EN ISO 6892-1, BS EN ISO 10002-1 and ASTM A370 |
| Impact Testing | Up to 300J, -50◦C to room temperature lateral expansion, percentage of sheer fracture | ASTM E23, ISO 148-1 |
| Microstructural Analysis | Determination of microstructure | ASTM E3 |
| Microstructural Analysis | Ferrite count and ferrite percentage | ASTM E562 and ASTM E1245 |
| Micro Examination | Determination of microstructure in the field | ASTM E1351 |
| Macro Examination | Determination of weld defects | ASTM E340 and ISO 5817 |
| Macro Examination | Determination of fillet weld size | ASTM E340 and ISO 5817 |
| Hardness Testing | Determination of Vickers Hardness | ASTM E384 and conversions to other hardness according to ASTM E140 |
| Portable Hardness Test | On-site Equotip Leeb portable hardness tester limited to a minimum sample weight of 5kg and sample thickness of 3mm | ASTM A956 and ASTM E110 |
| Corrosion Test | Measurement of susceptibility to intergranular corrosion attack | ISO 3651-2 |
| Corrosion Test | Mass loss per time | ASTM A262C and ASTM G48 |
| Corrosion Test | Pitting under 20x magnification | ASTM A923C |
| Bend Testing | Determination of fusion strength between weld metal and base metal | ASME IX, AWS D1, ASTM A370, ABS Rules and BS EN ISO 5173 |
| Chemical Analysis
Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals |
Laboratory spectrometric chemical analysis for determination of C, Mn, P, S, Cu, Ni, Cr, Mo, Nb, V, Ti, Al, As, B, Bi, Ca, Ce, Co, Si , Sn, Ca, Zr, Sb, Pb, Fe, Ta, La, Ti, W and N by OES | ASTM E415 and ASTM A751 |
