🇵🇱 SIEĆ BADAWCZA ŁUKASIEWICZ PL

PCA AB 042 • Gliwice, Poland • 22 methods

Materials & polymers

SIEĆ BADAWCZA ŁUKASIEWICZ is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 042 (Gliwice, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 22 test methods in the following areas: Materials & polymers. Test objects include: Welded joints in metals and their alloys, Parent material for joining and weld metal, Parent material for joining and weld metal Joined connections and s…, Thermoplastic products. Most frequently used techniques: Bend test, Tensile test at room temperature, Visual method.

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 042
  • Methods in scope: 22
  • Types of test objects: 7
  • Techniques used: 15
  • City: Gliwice, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 042
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
- GÓRNOŚLĄSKI INSTYTUT TECHNOLOGICZNY, ul. Karola Miarki 12-14, 44-100 Gliwice, CENTRUM SPAWALNICTWA, LABORATORIUM BADAWCZE SPAWALNICTWA
City
Gliwice, Poland

What this laboratory tests (7)

Analytical techniques used (15)

Accreditation scope — test methods (22)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Test methods
1 Parent material for joining and weld metal Mechanical properties
Yield strength R, e Limit of proportionality R p Tensile strength R m Elongation A percentage total elongation at maximum force A gt Reduction of area Z Force range do 1000 kN
Tensile test at room temperature PN-EN ISO 6892-1:2020-05
2 Parent material for joining and weld metal Susceptibility to plastic deformation bending-back test PN-EN ISO 5178:2019-04
3 Parent material for joining and weld metal Ability to undergo cyclic deformation
Force range do ± 1000 kN
cyclic loading test PN-EN ISO 15630-1:2019-04 pkt 5 | PN-EN ISO 15630-1:2019-04 pkt 7 | PN-EN ISO 15630-1:2019-04 pkt.: 13.3 | PN-H-93220:2018-02 pkt 9.5 | PN-H-93250:2018-02 pkt 9.5
4 Fusion joints Mechanical properties
Tensile strength R m Shear strength R s Force range do 1000 kN
Tensile test at room temperature PN-M-69710:1988 | PN-EN ISO 9018:2016-01 | PN-EN ISO 4136:2022-12
5 Parent material for joining Joined connections Ability to undergo plastic deformation
Bending angle do 350 kN
Bend test PN-EN ISO 5173:2023-06 | PN-EN ISO 7438:2021-04 | PN-EN ISO 15630-1:2019-04 pkt 6 | PN-EN ISO 148-1:2017-02 | PN-EN ISO 9016:2022-09
6 Parent material for joining Joined connections Impact energy
Initial hammer energy 300 J, 450 J Test temperature pokojowa, obniżona do -40ºC
Impact strength test by the Charpy method PN-EN ISO 5173:2023-06 | PN-EN ISO 7438:2021-04 | PN-EN ISO 15630-1:2019-04 pkt 6 | PN-EN ISO 148-1:2017-02 | PN-EN ISO 9016:2022-09
7 Parent material for joining and weld metal Joined connections and surfaced layers Vickers hardness
HV1 HV5 HV10 HV30
PN-EN ISO 9015-1:2011 | PN-EN ISO 9015-2:2016 | PN-EN ISO 6507-1:2024-04
8 Parent material for joining and weld metal Joined connections and surfaced layers Macrostructure of welded joints PN-EN ISO 17639:2022-07 | PN-EN ISO 6520-1:2009 | PN-EN ISO 6520-2:2013-12
9 Parent material for joining and weld metal Joined connections and surfaced layers Microstructure of welded joints PN-EN ISO 17639:2022-07 | PN-EN ISO 6520-1:2009 | PN-EN ISO 6520-2:2013-12
10 Parent material for joining Susceptibility to lamellar cracking PN-EN ISO 6892-1:2020-05 | PN-EN 10164:2018-11
11 Thermoplastic products Bending angle of products with welded joints
Range of the bending angle do 160°
Bend test PN-EN 12814-1:2002+AC:2004 | PN-EN 12814-8:2025-04
12 Thermoplastic products Tensile strength of products with welded or pressure-welded joints
Maximum force range do 100 kN
Tensile test PN-EN 12814-2:2021-06 | PN-EN 12814-8:2025-04
13 Thermoplastic products Properties of joints Peel test PN-EN 12814-4:2018-05 pkt 7 | PN-EN 12814-8:2025-04
14 Welded joints in metals and their alloys Welding imperfections Visual method Visual method PN-EN ISO 6520-1:2009 | PN-EN ISO 17637:2017-02
15 Welded joints in metals and their alloys Surface welding imperfections Penetrant testing method Penetrant testing method PN-EN ISO 3452-1:2021-12
16 Welded joints in metals and their alloys Surface and subsurface weld imperfections Magnetic particle method Magnetic particle method PN-EN ISO 17638:2017-01
17 Welded joints in metals and their alloys Internal weld imperfections Radiographic method Radiographic method PN-EN ISO 17636-1:2023-02
18 Welded joints in metals and their alloys Internal weld imperfections Ultrasonic method
Thickness range od 8 mm
Ultrasonic method PN-EN ISO 17640:2019-01
19 Welded joints in metals and their alloys Internal weld discontinuities Radiographic method using digital detectors
Thickness range do 40 mm
Radiographic method using digital detectors PN-EN ISO 17636-2:2023-04
20 Welded joints in metals and their alloys Internal weld discontinuities Ultrasonic method using the automated phased array technique (PA)
Thickness range od 6 mm
Ultrasonic method using the automated phased array probe technique (PA) PN-EN ISO 13588:2019-04
21 Welded joints in metals and their alloys Internal weld discontinuities Ultrasonic method using the time-of-flight diffraction technique (TOFD)
Thickness range od 6 mm
Ultrasonic method using the time-of-flight diffraction technique (TOFD) PN-EN ISO 10863:2020-12
22 Welded joints in metals and their alloys Weld imperfections Type, size and distribution on the fracture surface of the welded joint Visual method Visual method PN-EN ISO 9017:2018-03

Reference standards (35)

PN-EN 10164:2018-11
PN-EN 12814-1:2002+AC:2004
PN-EN 12814-2:2021-06
PN-EN 12814-4:2018-05 pkt 7
PN-EN 12814-8:2025-04
PN-EN ISO 10863:2020-12
PN-EN ISO 13588:2019-04
PN-EN ISO 148-1:2017-02
PN-EN ISO 15630-1:2019-04 pkt 5
PN-EN ISO 15630-1:2019-04 pkt 6
PN-EN ISO 15630-1:2019-04 pkt 7
PN-EN ISO 15630-1:2019-04 pkt.: 13.3
PN-EN ISO 17636-1:2023-02
PN-EN ISO 17636-2:2023-04
PN-EN ISO 17637:2017-02
PN-EN ISO 17638:2017-01
PN-EN ISO 17639:2022-07
PN-EN ISO 17640:2019-01
PN-EN ISO 3452-1:2021-12
PN-EN ISO 4136:2022-12
PN-EN ISO 5173:2023-06
PN-EN ISO 5178:2019-04
PN-EN ISO 6507-1:2024-04
PN-EN ISO 6520-1:2009
PN-EN ISO 6520-2:2013-12
PN-EN ISO 6892-1:2020-05
PN-EN ISO 7438:2021-04
PN-EN ISO 9015-1:2011
PN-EN ISO 9015-2:2016
PN-EN ISO 9016:2022-09
PN-EN ISO 9017:2018-03
PN-EN ISO 9018:2016-01
PN-H-93220:2018-02 pkt 9.5
PN-H-93250:2018-02 pkt 9.5
PN-M-69710:1988