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:

 

   API 20F-0013

  API 20E-0029

   API Q1-3317

   ISO 9001:2015

   ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018

  UKAS Cert 2022

  PED certificate

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