Smiths Metal Unit 0 alloy and physical-property testing
Smiths Metal CentresBiggleswade, Bedfordshire
Smiths Metal Centres’s Unit 0 is the London Road site identified by the current UKAS register and schedule 1930. Its exact method allocations cover alloy categorisation by PMI, ferrite content, conductivity and magnetic permeability. The Main Laboratory at Montgomery Way and the separate Juno Place Unit 3 have different allocations, so their chemical, mechanical, corrosion and other methods are not presented as Unit 0 tests.
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Key facts
- Exact Unit 0 site
- Unit 0, Stratton Business Park, London Road, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire SG18 8QB. This matches the current register and schedule location code Unit 0.
- Current method-by-location scope
- UKAS 1930, ISO/IEC 17025:2017, issue 032 dated 25 June 2026. Although the PDF title says Single, its printed location table and row codes distinguish Unit 0, the Montgomery Way Main Laboratory and Juno Place Unit 3.
- Published enquiries
- Current register local phone +44 1767 604675. The owner laboratory RFQ routes to info@smithmetal.com. Mr S Dawson and dawsons@smithmetal.com are listed in the June 2026 schedule, without independent present-role verification.
Testing capabilities
Scheduled alloy categorisation by PMI
Unit 0 is allocated positive material identification under in-house method SMC_XRF_1 using an Olympus Vanta handheld XRF analyser. The row covers aluminium, copper, nickel, plain-carbon/low-alloy/stainless steels and titanium alloys. This categorisation row is separate from quantitative elemental analysis, which is allocated to the Main Laboratory.
Scheduled ferrite-content testing
Unit 0 is allocated ferrite-content testing under documented in-house method PD1 revision 5 using a Feritescope. The row also lists the Main Laboratory. It does not allocate the separate grain-size, volume-fraction or duplex intermetallic-phase rows to Unit 0.
Scheduled conductivity testing
Unit 0 is allocated conductivity testing under documented in-house method PD3 revision 3, alongside the Main Laboratory. The schedule does not publish a numerical conductivity range, accuracy or apparatus count for this row.
Scheduled magnetic-permeability testing
Unit 0 is allocated magnetic-permeability testing under documented in-house method PD4 revision 0, alongside the Main Laboratory. This property measurement does not establish magnetic-field immunity, general magnetic-system testing or a published numerical range.
Equipment and published limits
| Specification | Published value | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 0 PMI technique | Olympus Vanta handheld XRF analyser, SMC_XRF_1 | Exact alloy-categorisation technique allocated to Unit 0. Main-Laboratory SpectroMaxx quantitative analysis is a separate row and is not transferred here. No analyser count or quantitative detection range is inferred. |
| Unit 0 ferrite technique | Feritescope, PD1 revision 5 | Exact ferrite-content row allocated to Unit 0. No numerical range, accuracy or apparatus count is stated. |
| Unit 0 conductivity procedure | Documented in-house method PD3 revision 3 | Exact Unit 0 row. Numerical conductivity limits, accuracy and equipment capacity require provider confirmation. |
| Unit 0 magnetic-permeability procedure | Documented in-house method PD4 revision 0 | Exact Unit 0 row. No numerical permeability range or general magnetic-immunity capability is established. |
Access and contact
Use the current UKAS register’s Unit 0/local phone +44 1767 604675, or the owner laboratory RFQ email info@smithmetal.com for routing. The June 2026 schedule separately lists Mr S Dawson and dawsons@smithmetal.com, without independent present-role verification. The owner describes single-event testing and ongoing sampling programmes. Confirm Unit 0, the required alloy or property, exact in-house method/revision, specimen preparation, numerical limits and reporting. The owner’s general 0845 5273331 route serves the wider business.
Facility contact
- Address
- Unit 0, Stratton Business Park, London Road
Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG18 8QB
United Kingdom - info@smithmetal.com
- Telephone
- +44 1767 604675
- Website
- Official test house website
Standards and accreditation
- UKAS 1930, ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- Issue 032 dated 25 June 2026 has an explicit location table and method-by-location codes. Unit 0 is London Road SG18 8QB. The Main Laboratory is Unit 3, Montgomery Way SG18 8UB, and the distinct code Unit 3 is Juno Place SG18 8XP. The printed allocations govern each site’s scope.
- Exact Unit 0 procedures
- PMI uses SMC_XRF_1 with an Olympus Vanta handheld XRF analyser. Ferrite uses PD1 revision 5 with a Feritescope, conductivity PD3 revision 3 and magnetic permeability PD4 revision 0. These are the exact in-house procedures allocated to Unit 0, without substituting standards from other-site rows.
- Separate Main Laboratory allocations
- Quantitative elemental analysis, hardness, Charpy/Izod, weld examination, tensile, pitting corrosion, grain size, volume fraction and duplex intermetallic-phase rows are allocated to the Main Laboratory. Juno Place Unit 3 has PMI allocation. Neither site’s additional methods or published limits are transferred to this Unit 0 guide.
What to confirm with the facility
- Confirm the location code before arranging testing. Unit 0 is London Road, while the Main Laboratory and Juno Place Unit 3 are separate addresses with different method allocations. The PDF title Single does not remove those distinctions.
- Confirm the exact in-house procedure/revision, alloy suitability, preparation, numerical measurement limits and reporting. The Unit 0 rows do not publish apparatus counts, accuracy or general machine capacities.
- Main-Laboratory mechanical, chemical, pitting-corrosion and broader metallographic methods are separate. The checked schedule does not allocate salt-mist or salt-fog testing to Unit 0, and its magnetic-permeability measurement does not establish magnetic-field immunity.
- Provide alloy/product type, sample dimensions and condition, quantity, requested identification or property, method/revision, reporting needs and preferred dates. Agree preparation, delivery, access, programme and costs with the provider.
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 owner and UKAS captures. All four complete pages of current UKAS 1930 issue 032 dated 25 June 2026 were visually inspected. The frozen listing’s exact Unit 0 London Road SG18 8QB identity is preserved, with four concise local PMI, ferrite, conductivity and magnetic-permeability groups only. The schedule’s explicit location table and row codes govern scope despite the PDF title Single. Main Laboratory Unit 3 Montgomery Way SG18 8UB and Juno Place Unit 3 SG18 8XP remain separate, without transferring mechanical/chemical/corrosion methods or limits. The imported tensile/corrosion/salt-fog wording and unsupported climatic/material-structural categories are cleared. Magnetic/physical-metrology categories describe only the verified local property rows, without immunity or general dimensional-accuracy inference. Current register local phone 01767 604675 and owner laboratory RFQ info email are qualified, while Mr S Dawson/dawsons remain June schedule-listed details without present-role claims. Broad owner laboratory services and general 0845 contact are not exact Unit 0 allocations. Original issue and PDF creation/modification dates are 25 June 2026, separate from actual review. No owner page publication or modification date was verified, and copyright/history/register-template/news dates do not date the review. Original titles, relative canonicals, date/JSON-LD absence or presence, bodies, headers, extraction, complete-page images, font configuration, stderr and provenance are retained. Prior owner and schedule originals are raw-byte identical. Inherited postcode coordinates are cleared.
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Engineering Materials | Engineering Raw Materials
Owner describes its materials-stockholding business, Technical Services Department and laboratory, with general 0845 5273331/info enquiry. Broad stock/processing and laboratory-network statements do not allocate methods to Unit 0. Current exact schedule controls site-specific scope.
Owner places its laboratory/metallurgists broadly at Biggleswade Head Office, offers routine tests/advice and single-event or ongoing sampling, and links an RFQ email to info@smithmetal.com. Broad chemical/hardness/Charpy/corrosion advertising is not allocated to Unit 0 because the current exact schedule assigns those main-laboratory methods elsewhere.
Owner contact page provides general email/forms/departmental/callback context and 0845 5273331/info. Laboratory RFQ info email is a useful routing option, while exact current UKAS 01767 604675 is the Unit 0/local schedule number. Other service-centre coverage does not establish testing scope.
Search UKAS accredited organisations
Exact Smiths Metal Centres Testing Laboratories result 1930 identifies Unit 0, Stratton Business Park, London Road, Biggleswade SG18 8QB with 01767 604675 and owner website. Other assay-office results are unrelated. Protected register email not decoded. Full current schedule has explicit multiple locations despite its PDF title Single.
UKAS 1930 ISO/IEC 17025:2017 issue 032 dated 25 June 2026, all four complete pages visually inspected. The printed location table and row codes control scope, despite PDF title 1930Testing Single. Unit 0 is London Road SG18 8QB and supports PMI, ferrite, conductivity and magnetic permeability. Main Laboratory is separate Unit 3 Montgomery Way SG18 8UB, while code Unit 3 is Juno Place SG18 8XP. Main-Lab-only chemistry/tensile/hardness/impact/weld/corrosion/metallography and Juno allocation stay context, not Unit 0 capability. Mr S Dawson/dawsons and local phone are dated schedule-listed details without present-role inference.