1. PCA accreditation
Solvera Gawel Technology S.A.. has its own Research Laboratory. The Laboratory of the Research and Development Center has the accreditation No. AB 1615 issued by the Polish Center for Accreditation in Warsaw, the signatory of ILAC MRA.
The Laboratory of the Research and Development Center currently has accreditations for the following tests:
- Products and construction materials, including metals:
- Mechanical properties: tensile strength Rm, reduction Z, elongation A, according to PN-EN ISO 6892-1: 2020-05 method B (range: force F up to 50 kN)
- HV hardness tests by the Vickers method according to PN-EN ISO 6507-1: 2018-05 (range: HV 0.3; HV 5; HV 10)
- Fasteners:
- Mechanical properties: tensile strength Rm according to PN-EN ISO 898-1: 2013-06 point 9.2 (range: force F up to 50 kN)
- HV hardness by the Vickers method according to PN-EN ISO 898-1: 2013-06 point 9.9 (range: HV 10)
- Metals and their alloys, coatings on metals and metal alloys:
- Corrosion resistance, method of NSS neutral salt spray according to PN-EN ISO 9227: 2023-02
The full scope of the Research Laboratory’s accreditation is available on the PCA website at:
https://www.pca.gov.pl/akredytowane-podmioty/akredytacje-aktywne/laboratoria-badawcze/AB 1615,podmiot.html
Since May 2016, the Laboratory of the Research and Development Center has been affiliated with the Club of Polish Research Laboratories “POLLAB” under number 975 as a member of the Materials Research Section.