SCOPE OF ACCREDITATION TO ISO/IEC 17025:2005

ELEMENT WIXOM
51229 Century Court
Wixom, MI 48393-2074
Scott Gates Phone: 248 960 4900
MECHANICAL
Valid To: May 31, 2015

Certificate Number: 0388.01

In recognition of the successful completion of the A2LA evaluation process, accreditation is granted to this
laboratory to perform the following test on metals, ores, slags, and other metal-related substances, consumer
products, computer components, and metal fasteners:
Test Technology
Coatings Testing
Coating Adhesion
Coatings and Film Characteristics
Coating Weight
Fastener Testing (External Threads)
Tensile (Axial, Wedge & Proof Load)
Hardness
Mechanical Testing
Abrasion/Wear Testing
Rubber Wheel
Pin Abrasion
Bend Test
Break (Fillet Weld)
Compression Testing
Poissons Ratio
Fatigue
Load-Controlled Axial (Up to 650 C)
Strain-Controlled Axial @ Ambient Only
Axial Low Cycle Fatigue at Elevated
Temperatures (Up to 1200 C)
Hardness
Brinell (500 & 10,000 gf)
Rockwell (A, B, C)
Superficial (15N, 30N, 15T, 30T)
Vickers (Up to 50 kg)

(A2LA Cert. No. 0388.01) Revised 12/17/2014

Test Method(s)
ASTM C633, D3359; GM9071P (inactive 2012)1
GM9071P (inactive 2012), GM9506P,
GM9507P (inactive 2011)1, GM9509P
ASTM A90, A428
ASTM F606, F606M; SAE J429
ASTM F606, F606M; SAE J429

ASTM G65
ASTM G132
ASTM A370, E190, E290; AWS D1.1/D1.1M
AWS D1.1/D1.1M
ASTM E9
ASTM E132
ASTM E466; GMN7152 (inactive 2012)1; SOP FG-04,
FG-05, FG-15
ASTM E606; SOP FG-16
ASTM E606
ASTM E10, A370, E140
ASTM E18, A370
ASTM E18; SAE J417
ASTM E384

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Test Technology
Microhardness
Knoop / Vickers
(Automated Up to 1 kg)
Impact
Charpy @ Controlled Temperatures
(-40 to 150) C / (-40 to 300) F
Modulus
Poissons Ratio
Shear
Tension (Up to 120,000 lb), (-100 to 450) F
n-value
r-value
Poissons Ration
Transverse Bend
Visual

Test Method(s)
ASTM E384
ASTM A327/327M, A370, E23;
EN 10045-1 (withdrawn 1990)1
ASTM E111
ASTM E132
ASTM B769
ASTM A370, B557, B557M, E8/E8M, E21
ASTM E646
ASTM E517
ASTM E132
ASTM A438 (withdrawn 2003)1
AMS QQP-35; ASME Sect V, Article 9; ASTM B600;
SAE J122, J123

Metallographic Evaluation
Sample Preparation
Alpha Case
Case Depth
Depth of Decarburization
Grain Size
Inclusion Ratings by Image Analysis
Intergranular Corrosion
Macro-Etching
Micro-Etching
Plating Thickness
Optical Microscopy (Digital and Film)

ASTM E3
GE P3TF19
SAE J423
ASTM E1077
ASTM E112, E930
ASTM E45 (Methods A & D), E1245
ASTM A262 (Practice A & E)
ASTM E340
ASTM E407; SOP MG-MP00, MG-MP10
ASTM B487
ASTM E883; SOP MG-OM09

Environmental Exposure and Corrosion

Salt Spray (Fog)
Humidity

ASTM B117; GMW3286; ISO 9227

ASTM D2247; GMW14729

Other
Heat Treat
SOP TE-21
SOP Element Wixom Standard Operating Procedure available upon request
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NOTE: This laboratorys scope contains withdrawn or superseded methods. As a clarifier, this indicates that
the applicable method itself has been withdrawn or is now considered historical and not that the laboratorys
accreditation for the method has been withdrawn.

(A2LA Cert. No. 0388.01) Revised 12/17/2014

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A2LA has accredited

ELEMENT WIXOM
Wixom, MI
for technical competence in the field of

Mechanical Testing
This laboratory is accredited in accordance with the recognized International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General Requirements for
the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories. This accreditation demonstrates technical competence for a defined scope and the
operation of a laboratory quality management system (refer to joint ISO-ILAC-IAF Communiqu dated 8 January 2009).

Presented this 15th day of July 2013.

_______________________
President & CEO
For the Accreditation Council
Certificate Number 0388.01
Valid to May 31, 2015
For the tests to which this accreditation applies, please refer to the laboratorys Mechanical Scope of Accreditation.