Laboratory

Capabilities:

• Design and manufacture of frames and jigs for testing
• In house design and manufacture of special projectiles for impact simulations
• Precision hand reloading of cartridges up to 40 mm .
• Secure weathering facilities for AS/NZS 2343 and BS 5051 standards

• NATA Accredited Tests

• Rockwell hardness tests using B and C scales
• Ballistic tests of armour plate - steel, wrought, high hardness to MIL-A- 461 00-D(MR)
• Ballistic tests of armour plate - steel, wrought, homogeneous to MIL-A- 12560-H(MR)
• Ballistic tests to MIL-Std-662F
• Body armour NIJ STD 01 01.03
• Body armour NIJ 01 01.04 (including addendum A and B),
• Armour panels NIJ STD 01 08.01
• Body armour PSDB 7/03 A and B
• Ballistic test NATO STANAG 2920 (Edition 1)
• Ballistic tests on bullet resistant panels and elements to AS/NZS 2343
• Ballistic tests on bullet resistant glazing for interior use to BS 5051
• Ballistic and heavy object impact test on glazing materials to the USA Code of Federal Regulations - Federal Railroad Administration Act: Part 223 Appendix A - b10 (i, ii) and b11 (i)
• Ballistic tests on security glazing to BS/EN 1063

• Other Tests

• AS 3555 Intruder Resistance in Building
• STANAG 4569 2004 Protection Levels for Occupants of Logistic and Light Armoured Vehicles
• AEP-55 Volume 1 (Ed.1), 2005 Procedures for Evaluating the Protection Levels of Logistic and Light Armoured Vehicles for KE and Artillery Threats

• Project Consultation

  

• Testing for Compliance
• Research and Development

  

• Ammunition Velocity Check