RMR Dudley materials testing laboratory
RMR Materials Testing CoDudley, West Midlands
RMR Materials Testing Co’s Dudley laboratory tests metals, alloys, metal products, fasteners and weldments. Current register 1409 and schedule issue 044 identify the site and its specific chemical, mechanical and metallurgical scope. Individual material and method conditions apply. Volume-fraction testing is omitted from the capability claims because the owner page and schedule disagree about its accreditation.
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Key facts
- Exact laboratory site
- Unit 1a Holloway Street West, Lower Gornal, Dudley, West Midlands DY3 2DZ. Schedule 1409 issue 044 dated 21 July 2026 states testing at this address only.
- Materials and products
- Scheduled scope includes metals, alloys and metal products, with specific carbon/low-alloy steel, stainless steel, nickel alloy and copper alloy elemental-analysis rows, plus separate fastener and weldment tests.
- Published enquiry
- rmrmaterialstesting@gmail.com, +44 1384 234515 and the owner’s testing enquiry form. Mr M C Richards is the schedule-listed contact, without a verified present job title.
Testing capabilities
Elemental analysis by optical emission spectroscopy
The schedule lists optical emission spectroscopy using documented in-house method 21 for plain carbon and low-alloy steels, stainless steels, nickel alloys and copper alloys. Each material has its own listed elements. Confirm the alloy, required analytes and preparation.
Brinell, Rockwell and Vickers hardness
Scheduled hardness scope includes Brinell HBW 10/3000, Rockwell B and C, and discrete Vickers scales HV 0.3, 5, 10 and 30. The exact scale and associated standard apply to the specimen.
Charpy and Izod impact
Charpy scope lists -196 °C separately from -120 °C to ambient temperature, including lateral expansion and percentage shear by comparison. Izod is separately listed to BS 131 Part 1:1961. No continuous -196 °C to ambient range is implied.
Ambient tensile and fastener testing
Ambient-temperature tensile testing is listed with forces up to 1,000 kN. Separate fastener rows cover bolts/nuts proof load and tensile strength, bolt wedge tensile testing and nut proof load. The force limit belongs only to the ambient tensile row.
Weld mechanical and metallurgical tests
The schedule lists bend, hardness, impact, tensile, macro and micro examination for weldments under specified welding codes. It explicitly excludes non-destructive testing. Exact test and code edition require agreement, without a qualification-certificate claim.
Metallurgical examination
Retained rows cover decarburisation depth, macro examination, grain size by comparison, inclusion content, banding/orientation, nickel/Inconel micro examination and inter-metallic phases in duplex stainless steels. Banding references a superseded method. Volume-fraction testing is omitted pending resolution of the owner/schedule conflict.
Equipment and published limits
| Specification | Published value | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Ambient tensile force | Forces up to 1,000 kN | Ambient-temperature tensile row only, to BS EN ISO 6892-1:2019, ASTM E8/E8M-25 and ASTM A370-26. No elevated-temperature or fastener force capacity inferred. |
| Exact hardness scales | Brinell HBW 10/3000, Rockwell B and C, Vickers HV 0.3, 5, 10 and 30 | Discrete scheduled scales, without interpolation into a continuous force range or transfer to portable Poldi methods. |
| Charpy conditions | -196 °C separately, plus -120 °C to ambient temperature | Includes lateral expansion and percentage shear by comparison. The source does not establish every temperature from -196 °C to ambient. |
| Chemical analysis technique | Optical emission spectroscopy, in-house method 21 | Separate alloy/element rows. No universal element coverage, detection limits or sample-capacity figures verified. |
Access and contact
Use rmrmaterialstesting@gmail.com, +44 1384 234515 or the owner’s testing enquiry form. The published address matches the exact register/schedule site. Mr M C Richards is schedule-listed without a present role claim. Agree the alloy/product, method and edition, sample preparation, condition, acceptance criteria and report. Current availability and any expedited turnaround require direct confirmation.
Facility contact
- Address
- Unit 1a Holloway Street West, Lower Gornal
Dudley, West Midlands, DY3 2DZ
United Kingdom - Telephone
- +44 1384 234515
- Website
- Official test house website
Standards and accreditation
- UKAS 1409 and ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- The current exact register and owner accreditation page identify laboratory 1409. Retrieved schedule issue 044 is dated 21 July 2026 and limits testing to the stated Dudley address. General accreditation wording does not cover every advertised method.
- Exact hardness and impact references
- Brinell uses BS EN ISO 6506-1:2014 and ASTM E10-23. Rockwell uses BS EN ISO 6508-1:2023 and ASTM E18-25. Vickers uses BS EN ISO 6507-1:2023, ASTM E384-22 and ASTM E92-23. Charpy lists BS EN ISO 148-1:2016, ASTM E23-25 and ASTM A370:2026. Izod lists BS 131 Part 1:1961.
- Tensile and fastener references
- Ambient tensile lists BS EN ISO 6892-1:2019, ASTM E8/E8M-25 and ASTM A370-26. Separate fastener rows list BS EN ISO 898-1:2013, BS EN ISO 898-2:2022, BS EN ISO 3506-1:2020, ASTM F606/F606M-25a and ASTM A962/A962M-26. ASTM F738M-02(2008) is explicitly marked withdrawn. Agree the exact row and edition.
- Specified weld tests and codes
- The weldment row names BS EN ISO 9606-1:2017, 15614-1:2017+A1:2019, 9016:2022, 5178:2019, 4136:2022, 5173:2023, 9015-1:2011, 17639:2022 and 5817:2023, plus ASME BPVC-IX-2025. Only the designated mechanical/metallurgical tests are retained, with NDT expressly excluded.
- Metallurgical method boundaries
- Specific rows include BS EN ISO 3887:2023 decarburisation, ASTM E112-25 grain-size comparison, ASTM E45-25 inclusions, in-house DIHM THP 23 nickel/Inconel micro examination and ASTM A923-25 method A for duplex inter-metallic phases. ASTM E1268-01(16) banding/orientation is explicitly superseded. No replacement edition is inferred.
- Owner and schedule disagreement
- The owner marks volume-fraction testing outside current accreditation, while the retrieved schedule lists systematic point count. That capability is omitted here and its current accreditation and reporting must be confirmed with RMR. Wider owner services are not automatically within this schedule.
What to confirm with the facility
- Confirm volume-fraction availability and accreditation directly. The owner’s exclusion and schedule entry disagree, so this guide omits the method from capability and accredited-standard claims.
- Agree the exact alloy and listed analytes, discrete hardness scale, Charpy temperature, tensile or fastener row and required report. The 1,000 kN force applies to ambient tensile only.
- Confirm any required standard edition. The source explicitly marks ASTM F738M-02(2008) withdrawn and ASTM E1268-01(16) superseded. Weld scope excludes NDT, and no whole-product approval or qualification certificate is inferred.
- Provide material grade, component dimensions, sample quantity, preparation needs, target method, acceptance criteria, reporting and preferred programme dates.
Before requesting a test
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Frequently asked questions
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Sources and review
Reviewed by Arc on 1 October 2026 in Europe/London using five fresh official captures. Exact register 1409, owner address/enquiry and three-page schedule verify the Dudley site. All complete PDF pages were extracted, rendered and visually inspected. Issue 044 is dated 21 July 2026, while PDF creation/modification are 29 July 2026. Separate alloy/element lists, hardness scales, Charpy conditions, ambient tensile force, fastener and weld rows control the retained claims. The owner and schedule disagree on volume-fraction accreditation, so its capability is omitted with direct confirmation required. Withdrawn F738M and superseded E1268 remain qualified without invented substitutions. Weld scope excludes NDT and wider owner services are not blanket accredited. M C Richards remains schedule-listed without a current job title. Original titles, canonicals, publisher dates, bytes, headers and provenance are retained. Prior schedule bytes are identical. The prior homepage differs in raw bytes but full normalised visible text and publisher metadata agree, without an all-link equality claim. Imported mirror status and coordinates are cleared.
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Material Testing Service For Engineering
Owner advertises metals testing and marks selected methods outside current accreditation. Its volume-fraction exclusion conflicts with the current schedule. This method is omitted from published capability claims pending confirmation. Wider elevated-temperature, heat-treatment, Poldi and stress-rupture work is not transferred into retained accredited scope.
Current owner contact page corroborates Unit 1A Holloway Street West, Dudley DY3 2DZ, rmrmaterialstesting@gmail.com, telephone and testing form. No turnaround or unrestricted booking guarantee is inferred.
Owner identifies laboratory 1409 and ISO/IEC 17025:2017, with direct official schedule link. General accreditation/ILAC wording does not allocate every advertised method or guarantee all certificates. It does not resolve the homepage volume-fraction conflict.
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Exact result RMR Materials Testing Co Testing Laboratories 1409 at Unit 1a Holloway Street West, Lower Gornal, Dudley DY3 2DZ, with telephone. Imported mirror active is replaced by this actual checked result, without unconditional status claims.
Issue 044 dated 21 July 2026, stated main address only. All three complete pages inspected. Exact alloy OES scope, hardness scales, separate Charpy condition, ambient tensile force, fastener rows, weld tests excluding NDT and metallurgy retained. Volume-fraction claim omitted against owner conflict. Withdrawn and superseded references remain labelled.