ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation

Accuracy is everything.

Inaccurate measurements are worse than no measurements: Inaccuracy can lead to incorrect conclusions — wasting time and money.

Engel Metallurgical is ISO/IEC 17025 accredited. This means clients receive testing and analysis from a firm that has achieved a highly recognized technical competence of testing laboratories. Previously, attorneys, insurance companies and manufacturers relied on their own audits to determine the labs' capabilities and quality levels.

Now, accreditation ensures Engel Metallurgical clients that our lab operates and maintains an acceptable quality management system covering processes and documentation—and that we generate valid test results.

And that provides you with unbiased, timely, cost-effective, sound answers.

Engel Metallurgical achieved accreditation from A2LA for performing various laboratory tests (see our scope of accreditation) for:

Failure analysis
Product evaluations
Materials evaluations

The accreditation applies to tests in:

Dimensional inspections
Hardness (ASTM E10, E18, E92, E384, F606)
Tensile (ASTM A370, B557, E8; ASME Section IX; AWS D1.1/D 1.M, D1.2/D1.2M)
Ductility (ASTM E190, E290)
Welder/Procedure Qualification (AWS D1.1/D1.1M, D1.2/D1.2M; ASME Section IX, MIL-STD-248D, CSA W47.1)
Metallographic evaluation (ASTM A247, A262 Practice A, B487, C664, E3, E112, E883, E1077; SAE J121, J121M, J419, J423)
Scanning electron microscope (SEM)/energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) (ASTM B748, E1508)
Failure analysis (ASM Handbook Vol 11; ASTM E620, E678, E860, E1188, E1492, E2332)

and for the following materials:

Metals, alloys
Castings
Forgings
Coatings
Plastics
Polymers
Rubber

Engel Metallurgical's accreditation can:

Lower manufacturing costs by eliminating the need for redundant testing
Minimize product development risk by ensuring that purchases from suppliers are not defective
Reduce barriers to global markets due to international acceptance agreements
Facilitate trade and economic growth for companies looking to overcome technical challenges of global expansion
Improve quality and assure competency of products and components through test measurements traceable to internationally-recognized standards