🇵🇱 INSTYTUT BADAWCZY DRÓG I MOSTÓW PL

PCA AB 422 • Warszawa, Poland • 21 methods

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INSTYTUT BADAWCZY DRÓG I MOSTÓW is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 422 (Warszawa, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 21 test methods in the following areas: Other. Test objects include: Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving and modified bitumens), Bitumens and bituminous binders (modified bitumens), Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving bitumens), Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving and modified bitumens, ther…. Most frequently used techniques: RTFOT method, Boiling in water method, Cleveland open cup method.

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 422
  • Methods in scope: 21
  • Types of test objects: 6
  • Techniques used: 11
  • City: Warszawa, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 422
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
PRACOWNIA MATERIAŁÓW ASFALTOWYCH, ul. Instytutowa 1, 03-302 Warszawa
City
Warszawa, Poland

What this laboratory tests (6)

Analytical techniques used (11)

Laboratory locations

Accreditation scope — test methods (21)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Bituminous Materials Laboratory
1 Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving and modified bitumens, thermoplastic road joint sealants) Needle penetration
Range (0 – 250 x 0,1) mm
PN-EN 1426:2025-02
2 Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving and modified bitumens, thermoplastic road joint sealants, torch-on bituminous membranes) Softening point
Range (28 – 150) °C
Method: Ring and Ball PN-EN 1427:2015-08
3 Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving and modified bitumens), torch-on bituminous membranes) Brittleness temperature
Range (od 5 do -38) °C
Method: Fraass PN-EN 12593:2015-08
4 Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving and modified bitumens) Ductility with force measurement
maximum elongation 150 cm maximum force 500 N
Method with a ductilometer; Method in a ductilometer PN-EN 13589:2018-08·
5 Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving and modified bitumens) Viscosity with the Brookfield apparatus
Range (0,1 – 15 000) Pa · s
ASTM D 4402-15
6 Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving and modified bitumens) Kinematic viscosity
Range (6 – 300 000) mm2/s
PN-EN 12595:2014-12
7 Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving and modified bitumens) Dynamic viscosity
Range (0,0036 – 20 000) Pa · s
Vacuum capillary method PN-EN 12595:2024-01
8 Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving and modified bitumens) Flash point and fire point
Range (79 – 350) °C
Cleveland open cup method PN-EN ISO 2592:2017-10
9 Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving and modified bitumens) Adhesion to aggregates
Range (0 – 100) %
Boiling in water method PN-B-06714/22:1984
10 Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving and modified bitumens) Resistance to ageing by heat and air (change in mass) RTFOT method PN-EN 12607-1:2025-02
11 Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving and modified bitumens) Change in needle penetration after ageing PN-EN 12607-1:2025-02
12 Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving and modified bitumens) RTFOT method PN-EN 1426:2025-02
13 Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving and modified bitumens) Change in softening point R&B PN-EN 12607-1:2025-02
14 Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving and modified bitumens) after ageing RTFOT method PN-EN 1427:2015-08
15 Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving and modified bitumens) Density and relative density
Range (1 000 – 1 100) kg/m3
Method: with a pycnometer with a capillary stopper PN-EN ISO 3838 :2008
16 Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving bitumens) Solubility
Range (98 – 100) %
Method: gravimetric PN-EN 12592:2014-12
17 Bitumens and bituminous binders (paving bitumens) Paraffin content
Range (0,1 – 3,0) %
Method: distillation PN-EN 12606-1:2015-08
18 Bitumens and bituminous binders (modified bitumens) Resistance to storage PN-EN 13399:2017-12
19 Bitumens and bituminous binders (modified bitumens) modified bitumens PN-EN 1427 :2015-08
20 Bitumens and bituminous binders (modified bitumens)
difference in softening point R&B difference in needle penetration
PN-EN 1426:2025-02
21 Bitumens and bituminous binders (modified bitumens) Elastic recovery
Range (0 – 100) %
Method in a ductilometer PN-EN 13398:2017-12

Reference standards (16)

ASTM D 4402-15
PN-B-06714/22:1984
PN-EN 12592:2014-12
PN-EN 12593:2015-08
PN-EN 12595:2014-12
PN-EN 12595:2024-01
PN-EN 12606-1:2015-08
PN-EN 12607-1:2025-02
PN-EN 13398:2017-12
PN-EN 13399:2017-12
PN-EN 13589:2018-08·
PN-EN 1426:2025-02
PN-EN 1427 :2015-08
PN-EN 1427:2015-08
PN-EN ISO 2592:2017-10
PN-EN ISO 3838 :2008