Orthoplastics laboratory, Bacup
OrthoplasticsBacup, Lancashire
The current UKAS 4517 result and linked schedule identify Orthoplastics at Grove Mill, Todmorden Road, Bacup. Testing is at this address only. The schedule lists mechanical, physical and chemical tests for plastics for medical implants. Its exact method editions and section conditions control accredited claims. The owner separately describes customer laboratory access and research equipment. Confirm the specimen, method and report requirements with the provider.
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Key facts
- Exact testing site
- Grove Mill, Todmorden Road, Bacup, Lancashire OL13 9EF. Both current schedule pages restrict testing to the main address.
- Material and condition scope
- The schedule covers plastics for medical implants. The mechanical section states 23 ± 2°C with humidity uncontrolled. That condition is not assigned to the separate physical or chemical sections.
- Current official scope
- UKAS laboratory 4517’s ISO/IEC 17025:2017 schedule is issue 016 dated 21 August 2026. The current result and linked schedule were retrieved on 1 October 2026.
- Published laboratory route
- The schedule gives +44 1706 874171 and turner@viantmedical.com. The owner publishes the same phone and general info@orthoplastics.com. These are published information routes, with no separately verified present-person role or booking availability.
Testing capabilities
Specified mechanical tests for medical-implant plastics
At 23 ± 2°C with humidity uncontrolled, the schedule lists tensile tests to ASTM D638-22 and F648-21, Izod impact to D256-24 and F648-21, compressive modulus to D695-23 with WI-TTM-061, Poisson’s ratio to D638-22 Annex A3 with WI-TTM-061, and small punch to F2977-20. No force, energy or specimen-size range is published.
Density, swell ratio, morphology and DSC
For plastics for medical implants, the physical section lists density to ASTM D1505-25, swell ratio to F2214-23, morphology to F648-21 Annex A2 and ISO 5834-5:2025, and differential scanning calorimetry to ASTM F2625-24. These are the printed material-specific rows.
Oxidation index and ageing
The physical section lists oxidation index to ASTM F2102-17 and ISO 5834-4:2025, and oxidation ageing to ASTM F2003-02 (2022) and ISO 5834-3:2025. No ageing temperature, duration or universal polymer suitability is supplied in these rows.
Trans Vinylene Yield chemical test
The continued medical-implant plastics block lists Trans Vinylene Yield (TVI) to ASTM F2381-19, with WI-TTM-028 and an FTIR analyser. The printed name and internal method are retained. The mechanical section’s 23 ± 2°C condition is not transferred to this chemical row.
Equipment and published limits
| Specification | Published value | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled mechanical conditions | 23 ± 2°C, humidity uncontrolled | Applies to the medical-implant plastics mechanical section. No general humidity set point, load, impact-energy or specimen envelope is verified. |
| Owner laboratory equipment | Nicolet FTIR, Netzsch DSC, SRT-1 swell-ratio tester, Exponent small-punch equipment and oxygen bomb | Owner research-laboratory inventory. No verified numerical range, calibration status or accredited allocation for every instrument is supplied. |
Access and contact
Use the schedule’s +44 1706 874171 or turner@viantmedical.com to ask about the exact laboratory work. The owner also publishes info@orthoplastics.com and describes laboratory support for customer product development. Testing in the schedule is at Grove Mill only. Agree the material and specimen, applicable edition and internal method, conditioning, witnessing, accredited report, quotation and programme with the provider.
Facility contact
- Address
- Grove Mill, Todmorden Road
Bacup, Lancashire, OL13 9EF
United Kingdom - Telephone
- +44 1706 874171
- Website
- Official test house website
Standards and accreditation
- UKAS 4517 and ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- The current result links issue 016 dated 21 August 2026, with testing at Grove Mill only. Accreditation follows the material-specific mechanical, physical and chemical rows. PDF creation/modification on 1 September 2026 is metadata, rather than a new issue date.
- Exact editions, annexes and internal methods
- The capability descriptions retain the printed ASTM editions, ISO 5834 parts from 2025, ASTM D638 Annex A3 and F648 Annex A2, WI-TTM-061 and WI-TTM-028. Broader owner polymer/manufacturing descriptions do not establish additional accredited methods or device regulatory approval.
What to confirm with the facility
- The schedule is limited to the Grove Mill address and plastics for medical implants. Mechanical conditions apply to that section only. Owner UHMWPE, PEEK, other-polymer and manufacturing descriptions do not extend accredited material or method scope.
- Owner equipment names do not establish calibrated ranges or accreditation for every instrument. No force, energy, specimen-size, ageing-duration or numerical detection range is supplied by the retained rows. Confirm suitability for the proposed sample and report.
- Provide the material, specimen preparation, intended method, acceptance criteria, conditioning, reporting requirements and programme so the laboratory can confirm the work and cost.
Before requesting a test
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Frequently asked questions
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Related testing facilities
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Further reading
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Sources and review
Reviewed by Arc on 1 October 2026 in Europe/London using five fresh official sources. Both complete pages of current UKAS 4517 issue 016 were inspected. Exact Grove Mill-only scope, medical-implant plastics, mechanical conditions, method editions, annexes and internal procedures are retained. Owner equipment and wider materials/manufacturing context are separate from accredited rows. Original bodies, headers, retrieval records, titles, canonicals, metadata, PDF extraction and page renders are preserved. Issue date 21 August 2026 is separate from PDF creation/modification on 1 September 2026 and this review. Owner LocalBusiness/Breadcrumb data and latest-news listings provide no verified page publication or modification date. UKAS directory-template dates are not result updates. Earlier discovery bytes remain unchanged. Imported postcode coordinates are cleared.
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UKAS Orthoplastics schedule 4517, issue 016
Issue 016 dated 21 August 2026 restricts testing to Grove Mill, Todmorden Road, Bacup OL13 9EF. Both complete pages were inspected. Plastics for medical implants controls the mechanical, physical and chemical rows. The 23 ± 2°C and uncontrolled-humidity condition belongs to the mechanical section. Exact editions, annexes and internal methods are retained. The schedule supplies a phone and turner@viantmedical.com. PDF creation/modification on 1 September 2026 is separate from the issue date.
UKAS Orthoplastics testing laboratory 4517 result
The exact official result lists Orthoplastics laboratory 4517 at Grove Mill, Bacup and links the testing schedule. The unrelated 3M result is excluded. Directory-template publication on 30 June 2020 and modification on 11 November 2022 do not date the Orthoplastics result or scope.
Orthoplastics official homepage and postal contact
The owner footer corroborates Grove Mill, Lancashire OL13 9EF and the phone, with info@orthoplastics.com as a general route. LocalBusiness metadata adds Bacup. Manufacturing, material benefits, Viant group context and 145,000 sq ft production space do not establish laboratory method limits or device approval. Latest-news dates are not homepage publication dates. No verified page publication or modification date was found.
Orthoplastics official laboratory page
The owner describes a customer product-development laboratory and names Nicolet FTIR, Netzsch DSC, Cambridge Polymer Group SRT-1 swell-ratio equipment, Exponent small-punch equipment and an oxygen bomb. This inventory has no verified numerical limits or universal accredited instrument allocation. Broader UHMWPE, PEEK and other-polymer experience remains owner context, with current schedule material/row restrictions controlling accredited claims. Original title includes a non-breaking space. No verified page date was found.
Orthoplastics subcontracting page
This page advertises production, machining and use of historical product data. Those manufacturing offers and regulatory-benefit claims do not establish additional accredited testing, clinical validation or approval. Contact details corroborate the owner footer. LocalBusiness and Breadcrumb metadata contain no verified page dates.