Quality & Testing
Alloy Wire International has held ISO 9001 approval since 1991. These quality approvals are essential to our company as they offer the assurance that our products are made to the highest standards. Our other major approvals are :
As a rule we supply Certificates with all shipments and, as well as normal chemical analyses, we can offer full mechanical test results.
In addition, we have examination facilities that allow visual inspection up to 400x, linked to computer software that can produce digital or photographic images. We also have equipment that enables preparation and examination of cross sections of wire. This is useful when looking for problems such as inclusions or seams in wire.
All incoming material is visually inspected and PMI (Positive Material Identification) tested before processing begins and all our production is checked during processing and at the completion stage for size, properties and appearance. Most of our work is produced to individual customer specifications that involve producing and proving trials prior to production.
Final Inspection is carried out on all finished material to include:
- Visual inspection
- Dimensional checks
- PMI (Positive Material Identification)
- Mechanical tests
All material used by Alloy Wire International is fully certified and traceable back to the primary source.
We are able to offer our test facilities on a sub-contract basis and, although not NAMAS certified, our equipment is regularly calibrated and certified and our staff fully competent.
We are able to provide the following mechanical tests using our in-house testing equipment.
- Tensile Strength Tests
- Proof Stress Tests
- Elongation
- Hardness Tests
- Chemical Analysis
- Wrap Tests
- Bend Tests
- Torsion Tests
- Post-Heat Treatment Tests
- Positive Material Identification Test (PMI)
