Elmet Technologies recently earned an A2LA ISO / IEC 17025 Accreditation for our in-house Analytical Laboratory. The Elmet Lab can now provide testing services compliant with ISO/IEC 17025 for Density, Rockwell Hardness, Vickers Microhardness, general metallography, metallographic grain size and tensile testing.
View Elmet’s A2LA ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited Laboratory Certificate Here
This additional accreditation adds to the existing Quality Management System that is also accredited to ISO 9001 and AS9100. The full scope of this accreditation is shown below. Additional testing to expand on this scope is also planned.
| Process | Test Method(s): |
| Rockwell Hardness Testing | ASTM E18 |
| Vickers Microharness | ASTM E384-11c1; G21-1523-012 Procedure for Microhardness Testing |
| Tensile Testing – Room Temperature | ASTM E8/E8M-13a sections: 7.6.3.2 strain control method 7.6.3.3. crosshead control method 7.7.1. offset method for YS 7.10 UTS 7.11 Elongation |
| Metallography-General | ASTM E3, ASTM E407 |
| Metallography- Grain count (size) | ASTM E112, ASTM E1382: 4.1.3. intercept procedure |
| Density | ASTM B311 |
