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Laboratory Accreditation
The National Association of Testing Authorities Australia (NATA) is a comprehensive national laboratory accreditation system under which it prescribes the conditions to be met for accreditation and examines test facilities to ensure that their quality management systems and laboratory codes of practice conform to national and international test standards.
Falcon Test Engineers is NATA accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, the highest internationally recognised accreditation a test laboratory can achieve. Our accreditation covers the following Standards and Regulations.
- The United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods
- The Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Road and Rail (ADG Code)
- International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Dangerous Goods Regulations (including packaging for infectious substances and biological products.)
- The International Maritime Goods (IMDG) Code
- Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBCs) for non-dangerous goods to mandatory national and international standards.
- Testing to numerous ISO/ASTM standards
Australian Standards and international equivalents
| AS 2216 | Glass and Plastic Containers for the Transport of Poisons |
| AS 2278.1 | Metal Aerosol Containers |
| AS 2582 | Complete Filled Transport Packages |
| AS 2854 | Tin-plate Cans for General Use - Clause 9 |
| AS 2905 | Steel Drums |
| AS 2906 | Fuel Containers - Portable - Plastic and Metal |
| AS 3668 | Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers - Non-dangerous Goods |
Other Mechanical, Materials And Component Testing On Non Dangerous Goods Products
FALCON TEST ENGINEERS also provides its clients with other package related services and tests for which NATA accreditation is not a prerequisite.- Drop Impact Tests - items up to 3000 kg
- Leak and Hydraulic Tests
- Stack Tests
- Puncture Tests
- Fire engulfment testing
- Compatibility testing of packaging components.
- Compatibility testing of the product with the proposed packaging
- Accelerated storage testing
- Moisture Content Measurement Test
- Ambient Temperature Burst Test
- Elevated Temperature Burst Test
- Compression Tests
- Creep Test
- Metrology
- UV analysis
- Tensile testing
- Deflection, Spigot Shear tests
- Thermal Verification testing
- Chemical compatibility of plastic components.
- Fire resistance testing
- Flow testing
- Client specified test methods.
What We Test
Dangerous Goods Packages
Inner Packages
Inner packages of combination packages, plastic, glass, and metalCombination Packages
With all types of inner packagings and intermediate packagingsBiological Products Packages
- Infectious substances package systems
- Biological Product Category C (UN3367) package systems
- Primary receptacles and secondary packages for the above
- Non dangerous goods classified temperature critical packages
- Sharps containers.
Single Packages
- Intermediate bulk Containers (IBCs) including composite IBCs
- Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBCs) for dangerous goods
- Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers (FIBCs) for non-dangerous goods
- Drums, cans, pails, jerricans in plastic and metal
- Boxes in plastic and metal
- Bags, plastic, woven plastic, film bags, multi-walled paper bags
- Portable fuel containers plastic and metal
- Segregation Devices
- Aerosol Cans
- Slings plastic
- Polystyrene (EPS) boxes for transport of seafood and frozen foods product
Other Products Tested
- Unit Load Devices (ULD)
- Plastic Car Radiator Bottles and plastic automotive parts
- Plastic chairs
- Temperature critical packages
- Marine inboard fuel tanks
- Plastic garbage bins
- Industrial pipe
- Sewer pipes and fittings
- Water Tanks and septic tanks
- Ground electrical pits, vehicle ramps, trailer components
- Plastic panels and walkways
- Cool boxes and portable refrigerators
- High voltage power cable joins
- Sprinkler systems
- Valves
- Medical apparatus - plastic components
- Plastic and timber pallets
Laboratory Conditions And Environment
The following conditions and environment can be achieved by the laboratory:- Packages, IBCs and Segregation devices weighing up to 3,000 kg.
- Conditioning between temperatures of -40o to + 60o C
- Hydraulic Testing up to 10,000 kPa
- Compression and Tensile Testing up to 20 tonne with programmable cyclic loading
- Vibration Testing.
- 50 mm/hr simulated rain test
Services
FALCON TEST ENGINEERS provides its clients with the following services:- Test Certificates and Laboratory Reports with photographic record
- DVD of relevant tests in progress if required
- Allows witnessing of tests in progress by client or their representative if required
- Packages tested with substitute products approved by the Competent Authority that best simulate characteristics of most dangerous goods products and provide consistent results
- Attainment of UN approvals for packages from the Competent Authority
- Safe and environmentally friendly disposal of test samples
- Writing up of package specifications
- Package development, particularly plastics packages
- Development of customised test protocols specific to client needs
- An advisory service on package supply contracts and the compilation of in-house Purchasing Agreements
- Sourcing of IATA, UN and IMDG approved packages
- Regulatory advisory service particularly in regard to dangerous goods packing requirements and airfreight of dangerous goods.
