Quality
We understand that our customers operate in demanding environments where the quality and performance of the products and materials used is safety-critical. For that reason we place huge importance on ensuring that our products and services can stand up to these standards and we, therefore, invest heavily in achieving the following endorsements;
Quality as standard
We offer quality as standard for both products and services. With full in-house testing equipment and robust inspection procedures, we can ensure our components are manufactured to the highest industry standards. We offer 3.1 certification as standard and 3.2 certification on request.
Where applicable, all items are manufactured using our custom-made process control software which is maintained by our material certification to BS EN 10204 3.1 and quality approved in conformance with ISO 9001:2015.
3eck Prosper Ltd, a UKAS accredited testing laboratory No. 8974
UKAS 17025:2017 accredited test methods:
Tensile testing to ASTM A370-23, ASTM E8/E8M-22 & BS EN ISO 6892-1:2019
Proof Load Testing to ASTM A194/A194M-20a
Charpy Impact testing to ASTM A370-23 & ASTM E23-23a
Rockwell Hardness testing to ASTM E18-22
Vickers Hardness testing to ASTM E384-22
Knoop Hardness testing to ASTM E384-22
Grain Size Measurement to ASTM E112-13 (2021)
Characterisation of Duplex Grain Size to ASTM E1181-02(2023)
Inclusion Content to ASTM E45-18a
Decarburisation / Carburisation to ASTM F2328/F2328M-17 (2022)
Macro Etch and Evaluation to ASTM E381-22
Assessment of Banding to ASTM E1268-19
NDE :
Magnetic Particle Inspection to ASTM E1444/E1444M-22a
Liquid Penetrant Inspection to ASTM E1717/E1417M-21e1
Laboratory tests carried out under ISO 17025 but not accredited by UKAS:
Wedge Load Tensile testing to ASTM A370-23
Proof Load testing to ISO 3506-02(2020)
Breaking Torque testing BS EN ISO 3506-01 (2020)
Coating Layer Measurement
Quality Department
Our Quality Department is fully equipped with calibrated measuring devices including calipers, thread micrometers, ring gauges, plug gauges, verniers and can conduct other tests including hardness, MPI, PMI, LPI.
Our accreditations
In the relentless pursuit of uncompromising product quality and service we became one of the first UK manufacturers to be successfully accredited to API Q1, 20E (BSL 1, 2 and 3) and API 20F (BSL 2 and 3), registration number Q1-3317.
Demonstrating our continued commitment to the environment and the safety of our people, we also hold certifications in ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018.
Downloadable accreditations below:
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