🇵🇱 Zakłady Remontowe Energetyki Katowice S.A. PL
Materials & polymers
Zakłady Remontowe Energetyki Katowice S.A. is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 1898 (Katowice, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 34 test methods in the following areas: Materials & polymers. Test objects include: Welded joints in metallic materials, Metal products and materials, Ferromagnetic metal products and materials, Flat steel products. Most frequently used techniques: Ultrasonic method, Radiographic method, Magnetic particle method.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 1898
- Methods in scope: 34
- Types of test objects: 14
- Techniques used: 10
- City: Katowice, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 1898
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- ul. Gen. Jankego 13, 40-615 Katowice, Laboratorium Badawczo - Pomiarowe
- City
- Katowice, Poland
What this laboratory tests (14)
- Welded joints in metallic materials — 13 methods
- Metal products and materials — 9 methods
- Ferromagnetic metal products and materials — 1 method
- Flat steel products — 1 method
- Material and weld metal of stainless chromium-nickel austenitic and ferritic- austenitic duplex steels — 1 method
- Metal products and materials, Absorbed energy, Range: KV2, KU2, Initial hammer energy: 300 J, 450 J, Temperature range: - room (23±5) oC - reduced: down to – 60 oC, Impact test by the Charpy method — 1 method
- Metal products and materials, Welded joints in metallic materials — 1 method
- Seamless and welded steel tubes — 1 method
- Steel castings — 1 method
- Steel forgings — 1 method
- Steel products and materials — 1 method
- Welded joints in ferromagnetic materials — 1 method
- Welded joints in steel pipes — 1 method
- Welded joints of metallic materials, Size and distribution of welding imperfections on the internal fracture surface, Fracture test — 1 method
Analytical techniques used (10)
- Ultrasonic method — 6 methods
- Radiographic method — 3 methods
- Magnetic particle method — 2 methods
- Method: Vickers — 2 methods
- Visual method — 2 methods
- Magnetic induction method — 1 method
- Method: dynamic tested characteristics/method — 1 method
- Penetrant testing method — 1 method
- Spark excitation atomic emission spectrometry — 1 method
- Ultrasonic method using the Phased Array technique — 1 method
Laboratory locations
- Laboratorium Badawczo - Pomiarowe — AB 1898 ul. Martyniaków 7
- Laboratorium Badawczo – Pomiarowe — ul. Martyniaków 7, 43-603 Jaworzno
Accreditation scope — test methods (34)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Testing and Measurement Laboratory | |||||
| 1 | Metal products and materials | Shape imperfections and external surface discontinuities | Visual method | PN-EN 13018:2016-04 | |
| 2 | Welded joints in metallic materials | Shape imperfections and external surface discontinuities | Visual method | PN-EN ISO 17637:2017-02 | |
| 3 | Ferromagnetic metal products and materials | Surface and subsurface discontinuities | Magnetic particle method | PN-EN ISO 9934-1:2017-02 | |
| 4 | Welded joints in ferromagnetic materials | Surface and subsurface discontinuities | Magnetic particle method | PN-EN ISO 17638:2017-01 | |
| 5 | Metal products and materials | Surface discontinuities open to the tested surface | Penetrant testing method | PN-EN ISO 3452-1:2021-12 | PN-EN ISO 3452-5:2009 | PN-EN ISO 3452-6:2009 | |
| 6 | Flat steel products | Discontinuities | Ultrasonic method | PN-EN 10160:2001 | PN-EN ISO 16810:2014-06 | PN-EN ISO 16810:2025-04 | |
| 7 | Welded joints in metallic materials | Discontinuities | Ultrasonic method | PN-EN ISO 17640:2019-01 | PN-EN ISO 13588:2019-04 | PN-EN ISO 16810:2014-06 | PN-EN ISO 16810:2025-04 | |
| 8 | Steel forgings | Discontinuities | Ultrasonic method | PN-EN 10228-3:2016-07 | PN-EN ISO 16810:2014-06 | PN-EN ISO 16810:2025-04 | |
| 9 | Steel castings | Discontinuities | Ultrasonic method | PN-EN 12680-1:2005 | PN-EN ISO 16810:2014-06 | PN-EN ISO 16810:2025-04 | |
| 10 | Seamless and welded steel tubes | Discontinuities | Ultrasonic method | PN-EN ISO 10893-8:2011 | PN-EN ISO 10893-8:2011/A1:2020-12 | PN-EN ISO 10893-10:2011 | PN-EN ISO 10893-10:2011/A1:2021-01 | PN-EN ISO 10893-11:2011 | PN-EN ISO 10893-11:2011/A1:2021-01 | |
| 11 | Welded joints in metallic materials | Discontinuities of welded joints with a thickness from 3,2 mm to 8 mm | Ultrasonic method using the Phased Array technique | PN-EN ISO 20601:2019-03 | |
| 12 | Metal products and materials | Thickness Range (1 - 300) mm |
Ultrasonic method | PN-EN ISO 16809:2019-08 | PN-EN ISO 16809:2025-12 | |
| 13 | Metal products and materials | Discontinuities | Radiographic method | PN-EN ISO 5579:2014-02 | |
| 14 | Welded joints in steel pipes | Discontinuities | Radiographic method | PN-EN ISO 10893-6:2019-04 | |
| 15 | Welded joints in metallic materials | Discontinuities | Radiographic method | PN-EN ISO 17636-1:2023-02 | |
| 16 | Metal products and materials | HV hardness Range HV10 |
Method: Vickers | PN-EN ISO 6507-1:2024-04 | |
| 17 | Welded joints in metallic materials | HV hardness Range HV10 |
Method: Vickers | PN-EN ISO 9015-1:2011 | PN-EN ISO 6507-1:2024-04 | |
| 18 | Metal products and materials, Welded joints in metallic materials | HV hardness Range HV10 |
Method: dynamic tested characteristics/method | PN-EN ISO 9015-1:2011 | PN-EN ISO 6507-1:2018-05 | PN-EN ISO 6507-1:2024-04 | |
| 19 | Metal products and materials | Mechanical properties: Force Fm Yield strength Re Proof strength, plastic extension Rp Proof strength Rt0,5 Tensile strength Rm Percentage elongation A Relative reduction of area Z Force range do 600 kN |
PN-EN ISO 6892-1:2020-05 Metoda B | ||
| 20 | Metal products and materials | Tensile test at room temperature | PN-EN ISO 6892-1:2020-05 Metoda B | ||
| 21 | Welded joints in metallic materials | Mechanical properties: Force Fm Tensile strength Rm Force range do 600 kN |
PN-EN ISO 4136:2022-12 | PN-EN ISO 6892-1:2020-05 Metoda B | ||
| 22 | Welded joints in metallic materials | Tensile test at room temperature | PN-EN ISO 4136:2022-12 | PN-EN ISO 6892-1:2020-05 Metoda B | ||
| 23 | Metal products and materials | Mechanical properties: Force Fm Yield strength Re Proof strength, plastic extension Rp Tensile strength Rm Percentage elongation A Relative reduction of area Z Force range do 600 kN Temperature range (100 - 650)°C |
PN-EN ISO 6892-2:2018-08 Metoda B | ||
| 24 | Metal products and materials | Tensile test at elevated temperature | PN-EN ISO 6892-2:2018-08 Metoda B | ||
| 25 | Welded joints in metallic materials | Mechanical properties: Force Fm Tensile strength Rm Force range do 600 kN Temperature range (100 - 650)°C |
PN-EN ISO 4136:2022-12 | PN-EN ISO 6892-2:2018-08 Metoda B | ||
| 26 | Welded joints in metallic materials | Tensile test at elevated temperature | PN-EN ISO 4136:2022-12 | PN-EN ISO 6892-2:2018-08 Metoda B | ||
| 27 | Welded joints of metallic materials, Size and distribution of welding imperfections on the internal fracture surface, Fracture test | Tensile test at elevated temperature | PN-EN ISO 9017:2018-03 | ||
| 28 | Metal products and materials, Absorbed energy, Range: KV2, KU2, Initial hammer energy: 300 J, 450 J, Temperature range: - room (23±5) oC - reduced: down to – 60 oC, Impact test by the Charpy method | Tensile test at elevated temperature | PN-EN ISO 148-1:2017-02 | ||
| 29 | Welded joints in metallic materials | Impact energy Range KV2, KU2 Initial hammer energy: 300 J, 450 J Temperature range: room (23±5) oC reduced: to – 60 oC Charpy impact test |
PN-EN ISO 9016:2022-09 | PN-EN ISO 148-1:2017-02 | ||
| 30 | Welded joints in metallic materials | Ability of the welded joint to undergo plastic deformation under a bending force and presence of welding discontinuities in the welded joint, Bend test | PN-EN ISO 5173:2023-06 | ||
| 31 | Welded joints in metallic materials | Macrostructure, Macroscopic examinations | PN-EN ISO 17639:2022-07 | ||
| 32 | Welded joints in metallic materials | Microstructure, Microscopic examination | PN-EN ISO 17639:2022-07 | ||
| 33 | Material and weld metal of stainless chromium-nickel austenitic and ferritic- austenitic duplex steels | Delta ferrite content Range (0,67 - 123,7) FN Range (0,68 - 85,8) % FE |
Magnetic induction method | PN-EN ISO 8249:2018-11 | |
| 34 | Steel products and materials | Content of elements C, Mn, Si, P, S, CR, Ni, Cu, Mo, V, Al, Nb C (0,001 – 1,3) % Mn (0,001 – 1,8) % Si (0,001 – 2,0) % P (0,005 – 0,05) % S (0,01 – 0,05) % Cr (0,01 – 3,0) % Ni (0,01 – 4,5) % Cu (0.01 – 0,5) % Mo (0,01 – 0,5) % V (0,01 – 0,6) % Al (0,005 – 0,2) % Nb (0,01 – 0,1) % |
Spark excitation atomic emission spectrometry | PN-H-04045:1997 | |
Reference standards (39)
PN-EN 10160:2001
PN-EN 10228-3:2016-07
PN-EN 12680-1:2005
PN-EN 13018:2016-04
PN-EN ISO 10893-10:2011
PN-EN ISO 10893-10:2011/A1:2021-01
PN-EN ISO 10893-11:2011
PN-EN ISO 10893-11:2011/A1:2021-01
PN-EN ISO 10893-6:2019-04
PN-EN ISO 10893-8:2011
PN-EN ISO 10893-8:2011/A1:2020-12
PN-EN ISO 13588:2019-04
PN-EN ISO 148-1:2017-02
PN-EN ISO 16809:2019-08
PN-EN ISO 16809:2025-12
PN-EN ISO 16810:2014-06
PN-EN ISO 16810:2025-04
PN-EN ISO 17636-1:2023-02
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 20601:2019-03
PN-EN ISO 3452-1:2021-12
PN-EN ISO 3452-5:2009
PN-EN ISO 3452-6:2009
PN-EN ISO 4136:2022-12
PN-EN ISO 5173:2023-06
PN-EN ISO 5579:2014-02
PN-EN ISO 6507-1:2018-05
PN-EN ISO 6507-1:2024-04
PN-EN ISO 6892-1:2020-05 Metoda B
PN-EN ISO 6892-2:2018-08 Metoda B
PN-EN ISO 8249:2018-11
PN-EN ISO 9015-1:2011
PN-EN ISO 9016:2022-09
PN-EN ISO 9017:2018-03
PN-EN ISO 9934-1:2017-02
PN-H-04045:1997