Testing and Inspection Services - Experts in Compliance

Mechanical Testing

Our comprehensive facilities allow us to undertake a vast range of mechanical tests. These include:

• Lifting equipment testing to meet any safety standards or quality standards
• Routine testing of chain and rope, to destruction (if necessary)
• Verification or calibration of safe working load (SWL), for all types of lifting appliances from cranes to winches
• Specially fabricated structures tested for all industries, including nuclear
• Testing of ships and oil rig mooring anchors and a wide range of testing in ports and docks
• Testing of mobile cranes, fork lift trucks, lorry-mounted cranes, tail lifts, breakdown trucks etc.
• Testing to meet the specialised needs of any customer, including oil and gas industries
• Floor loading tests
• Testing of passenger walkways and linkspans
• Testing crush barriers, balustrades, street decorations, maintenance & window cleaning equipment
• Safety harness anchorage point testing.

Pressure Testing

Lloyds British offers the complete pressure systems service. Options include:

• Pressure testing carried out using equipment and procedures approved to relevant BS Standards or customer requirements
• Mobile testing for on-site work
• Complete de-commissioning, repair and re-commissioning service where required
• Comprehensive range of supplementary techniques available, such as NDT, endoscopy etc.
• Pressure system surveys to advise on compliance with regulations
• Production and certification of written schemes of examination
• Our inspection, testing and certification work is scheduled and carried out to ensure minimum disruption, minimum downtime and maximum productivity
• Qualified engineers and an independent, fully guaranteed, reliable and cost-competitive service ensure full compliance with the law and peace of mind.

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)

Because NDT doesn’t damage the equipment being inspected, it is a highly useful way to verify manufacturing processes, troubleshoot quality issues, analyse components including welding and to assist in the research and development of new products.

• Dye Penetrant Services (DPI): A widely used method of locating surface defects in non-porous materials. It can be used on all ferrous and non-ferrous materials (although magnetic-particle inspection is often preferred for ferrous surfaces). DPI can be used to locate defects in casting, forging and welding and to highlight hairline cracks, surface porosity, and fatigue cracks.
   
• Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI): A process for detecting surface and subsurface flaws in metals such as iron, nickel, cobalt and some of their alloys. It is carried out by creating a magnetic field, which reveals flaws on the surface and inside the metal. It can also be used to test for material stress and corrosion.
   
• Ultrasonic Testing (UT): UT testing usually involves very short ultrasonic pulse-waves with centre frequencies ranging from 0.1-15 MHz, and occasionally up to 50 MHz, which are transmitted into a material to detect internal flaws or to characterise its makeup.

Load Testing

Our testing capabilities include: 

• On site testing including proof loading of cranes, runway beams, lift shaft beams, anchor points and other lifting equipment 
• Lifting equipment to meet any safety or quality standards 
• Routine testing of lifting accessories such as chains, ropes and lifting adapters to destruction, if necessary 
• Verification of SWL for all types of lifting appliances from cranes to winches 
• Specially fabricated structures and beams 
• Testing of ship anchors, mooring equipment and chain cables 
• Floor, drainage, and barrier load testing.