MIS Testing is pleased to announce further additions to our UKAS scope of accreditations. Positive Material Identification, a site based activity, can now be offered as an accredited service from all three MIS Testing laboratories. This enhances the service which has been available for over 12 months already, and we operate in full compliance with Ionising Radiation Regulations as appropriate to the equipment used.

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MIS Testing is pleased to announce the acquisition of state of the art equipment for the determination of diffusible hydrogen in parent materials and weldments. The instrument is a G4 Phoenix DH manufactured by Bruker Elemental GmbH of Kalkar in Germany. MIS currently operate the only such instrument in the UK.

This is a major step forward in the expansion of the highly technical services offered by MIS from its three UK facilities, supplemented by a strong technical team to provide unparalleled service to discerning clients. With implications in welding, corrosive environments and pipeline protection systems, a knowledge of the level of hydrogen in materials is necessary to assess the risk to critical structures.

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Hydrogen Induced Cracking testing to NACE TM 0284-2003
CTOD testing from -50°C to ambient to BS 7448-1:1991 and ASTM E1290:2008
Characterisation of duplex grain size to ASTM E1181-02(2008)
Inclusion content to ASTM E45-05e2 Methods A and D
Macro-etch assessment of consumable electrode re-melted steel to ASTM A604/A604M-07
Examination for deleterious phases to API Std 6A718 2nd Edition Dec 2009

Testing of organic coatings and paints, including:
• Accelerated weathering
• Cathodic disbonding, ambient to 100°C
• Coating thickness
• Holiday detection
• Adhesion testing
• Hot water immersion
• Hardness testing
• Salt spray testing
• Flexibility testing

MIS Testing is pleased to announce the following additions and improvements to its UK facilities aimed at improving the service we offer to our customers:

• CTOD testing is now UKAS accredited at Consett
• MIS Testing can now offer PMI testing from all of our UK sites using state of the art portable XRF equipment
• Our Livingston laboratory has installed a new MTS Insight tensile testing machine with the latest Testworks software
• Manchester has installed an Instron tensile machine with a computer controlled environmental chamber for improved temperature control in ‘low’ temperature elevated tensile testing, ‘other improvements are in progress and will be announced in due course’.

Due to the continual growth of MIS Testing we are pleased to announce that we have moved our Livingston operation to larger premises. The new premises are located within a few hundred feet of the old premises, and offer the opportunity for further expansion of this successful business as it grows. Established as the first remote materials testing site in 2007, Livingston has been quickly and successfully established to provide machining, mechanical testing, metallography and corrosion testing. All testing activities are fully accredited and operate to the same quality system as the other Group laboratories. For more information on the new premises, navigate to the Location page on our website.

CNC machining for fast and accurate preparation of mechanical test specimens has now been introduced at all of our UK sites, with CNC turning at Consett and Livingston and CNC milling at Manchester. This is part of an on-going modernisation and improvement programme.

MIS Testing is pleased to announce the opening of their new laboratory in Trafford Park, Manchester. This site forms our third testing facility in the UK network and was established in 2008 to provide machining, mechanical testing,metallography, corrosion and coatings testing. With a fully experienced staff, all testing activities are fully accredited and operate to the same quality system as the other Group laboratories. Click on this link for contact details

MIS Testing, Livingston has added Hot Tensile Testing to its repertoire following achievement of UKAS accreditation recently. Find out how to contact us click on this link