Smithers Shawbury materials testing laboratory
Smithers MSEShrewsbury, Shropshire
Smithers MSE’s Shawbury laboratory is identified by UKAS testing register result 0067 and a schedule restricted to the Shawbury address. Its exact rows cover plastics, rubber and composites, environmental/chemical resistance, thermal and chemical analysis, thickness measurements and selected product tests. Imported schedule 0112 applies to Leatherhead, while separate calibration 0306 and MDT testing 21701 results do not allocate methods to this MSE guide.
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Key facts
- Exact Shawbury laboratory
- Smithers MSE, Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 4NR. Current testing register result 0067 and schedule identify this address, with testing at the above/main address only.
- Current local schedule
- UKAS 0067, ISO/IEC 17025:2017, issue 060 dated 19 February 2026. Exact sample restrictions, method exclusions, editions and measurement conditions apply. Leatherhead 0112 and separate 0306/21701 scope are not transferred.
- Published enquiry
- Current register phone +44 1939 250383. Richard Barlow and rbarlow@smithers.com are listed in the schedule dated 19 February 2026, without independent present-role verification.
Testing capabilities
Scheduled material mechanical, physical and impact tests
Plastics/rubber/composites have density, hardness, tensile, compressive, flexural, Izod/Charpy, impact-brittleness, stress-relaxation, tear, compression-set and rebound rows. Rubber tensile uses BS ISO 37:2024 for dumb-bells only. Plastic tensile lists BS EN ISO 527-1:2019, BS EN ISO 527-2:2025 and BS EN ISO 527-3:2018. Compression set under BS ISO 815-2:2019 is Method 1 only, abrasion under BS ISO 4649:2024 excludes the 20 N load and Method B, and low-temperature crystallisation under BS ISO 3387:2020 is for vulcanised samples only.
Scheduled environmental and chemical resistance
Static ozone cracking uses BS ISO 1431-1:2024 excluding clause 11. Heat resistance uses BS ISO 188:2023, salt-fog corrosion ASTM B117-19 and ISO 9227:2017 for conditioning. Effects of liquids use BS ISO 1817:2024 Methods A/B. Fluid-contamination rows list MIL-STD-810G CN1 method 504.1:2008, MIL-STD-810H method 504.3:2019, DEF STAN 00-035 Part 3 issue 5 CN4:2017, BS 3G100 subsection 3.12 and RTCA/DO-160F:2007/G:2010, without general qualification to every part of those documents.
Scheduled thermal and chemical analysis
In-house GPC procedures compare molecular-weight distribution for the named PEEK/polyolefin/solvent methods. Rubber identification uses RT011.48 based on BS ISO 4650:2012, and solvent extract uses RT011.42 based on ISO 1407:2023. DSC lists BS EN ISO 11357-1:2023, glass transition -2:2020 and melting/crystallisation -3:2025. Food-contact migration uses exact in-house RT011.49/RT011.38 based on BS EN 1186-3:2022 and elastomeric-extractables RT011.27 based on FDA 21 CFR 177.2600, without blanket food-contact compliance.
Scheduled thickness and selected product tests
Thickness measurement lists BS 2782 Part 6 method 630A:1994 and ISO 4593:1993. Elastomeric pipe-joint seals have physical-property rows under BS EN 681-1:1996, -2/-3/-4:2000 and BS EN 682:2002. Cast acrylic bath/shower-tray sheet has tensile testing under BS EN 263:2008. Specified lay-flat and semi-rigid fire hoses have hot-surface resistance under BS 6391:2009 chapter 8.6/Annex G, BS EN 694:2014 chapter 6.5 and BS EN 15889:2011 Annex H. These are selected product tests.
Equipment and published limits
| Specification | Published value | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Rubber tensile method limit | Forces up to ±200 kN, dumb-bell specimens only | Exact BS ISO 37:2024 rubber tensile row. The −40°C to +200°C conditions of separate compression and ISO 527 rows are not transferred to this row. |
| Compression method conditions | Forces up to ±200 kN, −40°C to +200°C | Exact compressive-property row under BS ISO 7743:2017 and BS EN ISO 604:2003. Published method conditions do not establish apparatus count or a simultaneous maximum guarantee for every specimen. |
| ISO 527 tensile method conditions | Forces up to ±200 kN, −40°C to +200°C | Exact material-specific tensile/elongation/Poisson’s-ratio/modulus row under BS EN ISO 527-1:2019, -2:2025 and -3:2018. No generic metallic tensile or shared-system capacity is inferred. |
| Separate low-temperature and rebound conditions | Crystallisation to −55°C, rebound resilience −10°C to 50°C | Crystallisation under BS ISO 3387:2020 is for vulcanised samples only. Lupke rebound uses BS ISO 4662:2017. These distinct method conditions are not combined into an apparatus temperature range. |
| Published analytical and thickness techniques | GPC, infrared spectroscopy, DSC and specified thickness methods | Exact techniques in the analytical and thickness rows. No apparatus count, measurement accuracy, resolution or general capacity is published in these rows. |
Access and contact
Use the current UKAS register’s Shawbury phone +44 1939 250383. The schedule dated 19 February 2026 lists Richard Barlow and rbarlow@smithers.com, without independent present-role verification. Agree the exact material/product, method edition, sample restriction, force/temperature conditions, preparation and reporting. The owner homepage was inaccessible, so no current owner booking form or general failure-analysis service was verified.
Facility contact
- Address
- Shawbury
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 4NR
United Kingdom - rbarlow@smithers.com
- Telephone
- +44 1939 250383
- Website
- Official test house website
Standards and accreditation
- UKAS 0067, ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- Issue 060 dated 19 February 2026 applies at Shawbury above/main address only. Imported 0112 is Leatherhead-only. MSE calibration 0306 and MDT testing 21701 are separate register results, without transferring their scope or operator to this MSE testing guide.
- Material method restrictions and editions
- BS ISO 37:2024 is dumb-bells only. ISO 527 parts retain -1:2019, -2:2025 and -3:2018. Izod uses BS EN ISO 180:2023, Charpy -179-1:2023 and relaxation BS ISO 3384-1:2024. BS ISO 815-2:2019 is Method 1 only, BS ISO 4649:2024 excludes 20 N/Method B and BS ISO 3387:2020 is vulcanised-only. Falling-weight BS 2782 Part 3 method 352D:1979 is marked withdrawn. The exact scheduled edition and restriction must match the requested test.
- Exposure, DSC and analytical restrictions
- Ozone BS ISO 1431-1:2024 excludes clause 11 and ISO 9227:2017 is conditioning. Liquid resistance BS ISO 1817:2024 is Methods A/B. DSC retains 11357-1:2023/-2:2020/-3:2025. GPC, infrared, solvent-extract and food-migration rows are specified in-house procedures based on the named documents, without claiming the entire document’s accredited scope or general compliance.
- Selected dimensional and product methods
- Thickness retains BS 2782 Part 6 method 630A:1994 and ISO 4593:1993. Seal and acrylic tests retain their stated BS EN 681/682/263 editions. Fire-hose scope is the selected hot-surface chapters/annexes for listed hose constructions, without establishing general fire, flammability or complete product certification.
What to confirm with the facility
- Confirm the exact sample and method. Rubber tensile is dumb-bells only, low-temperature crystallisation is vulcanised-only, compression set has a Method 1 restriction, abrasion excludes 20 N/Method B and ozone excludes clause 11.
- Confirm force and temperature conditions against the individual row. Rubber tensile, compression and ISO 527 rows have different stated conditions. Low-temperature crystallisation and rebound conditions do not establish a combined laboratory temperature range or simultaneous maximum performance.
- The exact scope is MSE 0067 at Shawbury. Leatherhead 0112, MSE calibration 0306 and MDT testing 21701 are separate. Scheduled analyses and selected product tests do not establish generic failure analysis, metallic tensile, complete food-contact compliance or general fire testing.
- Provide material/product type, dimensions, sample quantities and condition, preparation, requested methods and editions, acceptance criteria, reporting and preferred dates. Agree delivery, access, programme and costs with the laboratory.
Before requesting a test
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Frequently asked questions
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Further reading
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Sources and review
Reviewed by Arc on 1 October 2026 in Europe/London using the current official Shawbury register and fresh downloads of 0067 and imported 0112. All four complete 0067 PDF pages were visually inspected. Issue 060 dated 19 February 2026 identifies Smithers MSE at Shawbury above/main address only. Four groups retain exact material tests, exposure/chemical resistance, thermal/chemical analysis and thickness/selected product methods. Sample restrictions, ±200 kN/temperature rows, low-temperature/rebound conditions, exclusions, in-house procedures and exact editions remain separate. Imported 0112 issue 074 dated 3 August 2026 is Cleeve Road Leatherhead-only. Its fresh original and all 18 generated page images are byte-identical to the complete pages actually viewed earlier on 1 October 2026 for ordinal 42. That complete-page review is explicitly reused with parent approval and retained comparisons, without claiming new views or transferring Leatherhead scope. Separate register 0306 calibration and MDT 21701 testing also remain outside this MSE scope. Current register phone 01939 250383 is separate from February schedule-listed Richard Barlow/rbarlow without present-role inference. Owner homepage 403 is retained with original blocked-response metadata, without closure inference. Original PDF timestamps are 25 February 2026 for 0067 and 18 August 2026 for 0112, separate from actual review and register-template/news dates. Original bodies, headers, titles, metadata, extraction, complete-page images, font configuration, stderr and provenance are retained. Prior schedule originals are raw-byte identical. Unsupported generic failure-analysis category, imported accreditation wording and postcode coordinates are cleared.
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Exact Smithers MSE Testing Laboratories result 0067 identifies Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 4NR with 01939 250383 and owner website. Separate MSE Calibration Laboratories 0306 and Smithers MDT Testing Laboratories 21701 also appear at this postcode, without transferring their operator or scope. Protected register email is not decoded.
Current UKAS 0067 ISO/IEC 17025:2017 issue 060 dated 19 February 2026, all four complete pages visually inspected. Above/main Shawbury address only. Exact plastics/rubber/composite material, exposure/resistance, analytical and selected dimensional/product methods retained with editions, sample restrictions and exclusions. ±200 kN and temperature conditions remain attached to their specific rows. Richard Barlow/rbarlow are dated schedule-listed details without independently verified present role. No generic failure-analysis, metallic tensile, broad fire testing or other Smithers schedule scope inferred.
Imported 0112 source is current Smithers MSE Leatherhead issue 074 dated 3 August 2026, restricted to Cleeve Road Leatherhead above/main address only. Its methods, apparatus, contacts and accreditation are excluded from Shawbury capability. Original PDF and all 18 newly generated page images are byte-identical to the complete document/pages actually viewed earlier on 1 October 2026 during ordinal 42. Parent approved reuse of that complete-page review, explicitly recorded as reuse rather than new views.