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Evaluation of access protection products
| Edge protection (including guardrails and guard rail posts);
| Deflection; Rigidity; Strength;
| Not applicable; | AS 1657 Section 6.1.2, Appendices B and C
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Material performance evaluation of elastomers, plastics and composite products
| Pipe material and related products;
| Peel strength; Tensile properties;
| Tensile tests with load stress and cross-head control; | ISO 13953 ISO 13954
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| Butt joints
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Material performance evaluation of metal products
| Reinforcing bar and steel prestressing materials for concrete;
| Bending properties;
| Simple bend; | AS/NZS 4671 clause 7.2.3
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| Geometric properties;
| Indentation geometry; Mass per unit length; Rib geometry; | AS 4671 Appendices C 3.1, C 3.2, C 3.3
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| Tensile properties;
| Longitudinal tensile; | AS/NZS 4671 Clause 7.2.2; Appendix C2.2
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| Fixtures and components;
| Tensile properties;
| Not applicable; | LMATS in-house procedure TP-ME-02
| 500 N to 500 kN
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| Tubing/piping;
| Bending properties; Flattening properties; Shear strength;
| Not applicable; | AS/NZS 1163 Section 10, AS 2505.3, ASTM A370
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| Wire, wire strands and coated wire products;
| Bending properties;
| Reverse bend; Simple bend; | AS 2505.2, AS2505.4
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| Wrapping;
| Not applicable; | AS 2505.6, ASTM A370
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| Tensile properties;
| Cord breaking strength of conveyor wire; Longitudinal tensile; | AS 1391, ASTM A370, ASTM E8, ISO 6892.1
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| Threaded fasteners, bolts and nuts;
| Tensile properties;
| Not applicable; | AS 1391,AS 4291.1, AS 4291.2
| 500 N to 500 kN
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| Welded test specimens;
| Nick-break fracture;
| Macroscopic examination; Visual examination; | AS 2205.4.1, ISO 9017
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| Welded test specimens;
| Macroscopic examination;
| Visual examination; | AS 3992 Section 13.5
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| Brazed specimens
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| Shear strength;
| Tensile tests with load stress and cross-head control; | AS 2205.8.1, AS 2205.8.2, ISO 15630-2
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| Peel strength;
| Not applicable; | AS 3992 Section 13.4, ASME IX QB170
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| Torque on stud welds;
| Not applicable; | ASME IX QW 192
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| Macroscopic examination;
| Macroscopic examination; | AS 2205.5.1, ISO 17639
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| Cracking;
| Hot cracking; | AS 2205.9.1
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| Fillet-break fracture;
| Macroscopic examination; Visual examination; | AS 2205.4.2, AWS D1.1 Section 4, ASME Section IX QW 160, AWS D1.6 Section 4, ISO 9017
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| Prepared metallic test specimens; Tubing/piping;
| Bending properties; Compression; Flattening properties; Shear modulus; Shear strength;
| Not applicable; | LMATS in-house procedure TPME-03, AS/NZS 1163 Section 10; AS 2505.3; ASTM A370
| Compression - 500 N to 500 kN
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| Prepared metallic test specimens; Welded test specimens;
| Charpy impact toughness;
| Charpy (lateral expansion); Charpy V-notch (impact value); | AS 1544.2; ISO 148-1, AS 2205.7.1
| Temperature range - ambient down to -70°C and at -196°C
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| Tensile properties;
| All-weld-metal tensile; Axial tensile; Longitudinal tensile; Tensile tests with control of strain rate, including yield stress and proof stress; Transverse butt tensile; Transverse joggle-butt tensile; Transverse tensile; Uniaxial tension; | AS 1391, ASTM A370, ASTM E8,ISO 6892-1,AS 2205.2, ISO 4136, ISO 5178, ISO 9018, AS 3992 Section 13.2, ASME IX QW150 and QB150, AWS D1.1 Section 4 and AWS D1.6 Section 4
| 500 N to 500 kN
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| Hardness;
| Brinell; Rockwell - Scale B; Rockwell - Scale C; Vickers; | AS 1816.1; ASTM A370; ASTM E10; ISO 6506-1;AS 1815.1; ASTM E18; ASTM E384; ISO 6508.1;AS 1817.1; ISO 9015-1; ISO 9015-2; ISO 6507-1; AS 2205.6.1
| Brinell 4.9 to 29.4 kN including tests at 29.4 kN using portable hardness testers; Vickers 9.8 N to 490 N and Vickers microhardness up to 9.8 N
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| Bending properties;
| Longitudinal guided bend; Transverse guided bend; | AS 2505.1; AS 2205.2; AS 2205.5, ASTM A370, AS 2205.3.1, AS 2205.3.2, AS 2205.3.3, AS 3992 Section 13.3, ASME IX QW160, AWS D1.1 Section 4, AWS D1.6 Section 4, ISO 5173
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Material performance evaluation of paint and related products
| Architectural coatings; Automotive coatings; Decorative coatings; Industrial coatings; Marine coatings;
| Degree of cure;
| Barcol hardness impressor; | AS 3894.4 Method D
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| Hot water immersion;
| Not applicable; | AS 4822 Appendix F
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| Ductility;
| Not applicable; | AS 1580.402.1
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| Residual contaminants - Chlorides; Residual contaminants - Oil or water droplet contamination; Residual contaminants - Presence of mill scale; Residual contaminants - Soluble salts of iron; Residual contaminants - Surface dust;
| Not applicable; | AS 3894.6, Methods A, E
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