Structural and Weld Testing Services Sittingbourne laboratory
Structural and Weld Testing ServicesSittingbourne, Kent
Structural and Weld Testing Services publishes its Sittingbourne delivery and contact address at 19 Albany Road. Current UKAS Testing Laboratories 8994 and issue 003 identify the same address and explicitly limit the testing scope to those premises. Five methods below cover weldments and brazings in metals, alloys and metal products, with the stated technique restrictions and editions retained.
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Key facts
- Exact Sittingbourne laboratory and delivery address
- 19 Albany Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 1EB, United Kingdom. The current owner contact gives this delivery or in-person address. The Testing Laboratories register and schedule corroborate the operator, premises and telephone.
- Testing scope restricted to these premises
- UKAS Testing Laboratories 8994, ISO/IEC 17025:2017, issue 003 dated 25 March 2024 states testing at the above address only. Its materials are metals, alloys and metal products, specifically weldments and brazings. Separate Inspection Bodies and Certification Bodies register entries do not extend this testing schedule.
- Current owner enquiry route
- The owner publishes +44 1795 420264 and office@swtndt.co.uk, with delivery or in-person contact at 19 Albany Road. Inspection and testing services are advertised as available 24 hours by arrangement. Agree the current programme and dates, since that wording does not confirm a booking or guaranteed availability.
Testing capabilities
Weldment and brazing macrostructural assessment
The above-address-only testing scope lists metallurgical macrostructural assessment under BS EN ISO 17639:2022 for metals, alloys and metal products, weldments and brazings. It does not establish every destructive test, weld qualification or general metallurgical service advertised elsewhere by the owner. Agree specimen preparation, assessment and reporting.
Black-ink magnetic particle testing
The exact row is magnetic particle testing using black ink and portable equipment under BS EN ISO 17638:2016. The testing schedule applies at 19 Albany Road only. Portable equipment is a technique restriction, without an equipment count or inferred accreditation for site work.
Manual colour-contrast liquid penetrant testing
The local testing row uses colour-contrast ink with manual application under BS EN ISO 3452-1:2021. Retain that technique and the weldment or brazing material scope. Other penetrant techniques, automated processes and site allocations are not verified by this row.
Manual-contact ultrasonic flaw detection
Ultrasonic flaw detection is the manual contact method under BS EN ISO 17640:2018, within the above-address-only weldment and brazing scope. This does not establish phased-array, automated or other ultrasonic configurations, a numerical thickness range or site accreditation.
Weldment and brazing visual assessment
Visual assessment is listed under BS EN ISO 17637:2016 for the stated metals, alloys and metal-product weldments and brazings at 19 Albany Road. General inspection, personnel or product certification are separate activities and are not added to this testing-method scope.
Equipment and published limits
Public information not available. Contact test facility provider for more information.
Access and contact
Use +44 1795 420264 or office@swtndt.co.uk and the published delivery or in-person address at 19 Albany Road, Sittingbourne. Agree the material, selected local method and edition, specimen preparation, reporting and dates. The owner advertises 24-hour services by arrangement, which requires confirmation for the proposed work. Gary Hayre is listed in issue 003 dated 25 March 2024, without independently verified present-role status.
Facility contact
- Address
- 19 Albany Road
Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1EB
United Kingdom - office@swtndt.co.uk
- Telephone
- +44 1795 420264
- Website
- Official test house website
Standards and accreditation
- UKAS 8994 exact testing premises and material scope
- Current Testing Laboratories 8994, ISO/IEC 17025:2017, issue 003 dated 25 March 2024 applies at 19 Albany Road only. Metals, alloys and metal products are specified as weldments and brazings. Separate Inspection Bodies or Certification Bodies entries do not supply testing-method accreditation for other sites or services.
- Macrostructural, magnetic and penetrant methods
- Macrostructural assessment is BS EN ISO 17639:2022. Magnetic particle testing is BS EN ISO 17638:2016 using black ink and portable equipment. Liquid penetrant is BS EN ISO 3452-1:2021 using colour-contrast ink and manual application. These editions and technique restrictions remain attached to the local rows.
- Ultrasonic and visual methods
- Ultrasonic flaw detection is BS EN ISO 17640:2018 using the manual contact method. Visual assessment is BS EN ISO 17637:2016. Both remain within the stated weldment and brazing material scope at the above address only, without a verified numerical operating range.
What to confirm with the facility
- Confirm the weldment or brazing material, specimen and exact method. The testing schedule applies only at 19 Albany Road. Portable magnetic equipment does not establish accredited site work, and separate inspection or certification listings do not expand this testing scope.
- Retain the stated editions and technique restrictions. Black-ink magnetic particle, manual colour-contrast penetrant and manual-contact ultrasonic rows do not establish other techniques, apparatus counts or numerical ranges.
- Agree preparation, delivery, reporting and dates with the current owner enquiry route. The provider’s 24-hour by-arrangement description is not a booking guarantee. Gary Hayre remains a contact from the March 2024 schedule, without a verified present-role claim.
- Provide the project, material and weldment or brazing, dimensions and condition, required method or standard, acceptance criteria, preparation and report requirements, and dates. Agree sample quantity, delivery, local setup, 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 four fresh official owner and UKAS captures. Current Testing Laboratories 8994 and the complete visually inspected single page of issue 003 dated 25 March 2024 identify Structural and Weld Testing Services at 19 Albany Road, Sittingbourne ME10 1EB. Owner contact corroborates the address, Kent region, delivery or in-person route, office phone and office@swtndt.co.uk. The schedule explicitly states testing at the above address only and limits materials to metal and alloy products, weldments and brazings. Five exact methods retain macrostructural assessment, black-ink portable magnetic particle, manual colour-contrast penetrant, manual-contact ultrasonic and visual assessment with their exact editions. Separate Inspection Bodies and Certification Bodies register entries remain outside this testing scope. No apparatus inventory, numerical range, general welding qualification, other ultrasonic technique or site accreditation is inferred. Owner 24-hour services by arrangement remain qualified advertising, without current booking guarantees. Gary Hayre remains a dated March 2024 schedule contact. The legacy HTTP owner URL redirects to HTTPS bare-host index.asp with a root canonical, and all originals and redirect headers are preserved. Original titles, canonicals, absent owner date metadata, contact BreadcrumbList JSON-LD, UKAS template and unrelated resource dates, visible issue date, later PDF timestamps, complete page image and extraction and rendering provenance are retained separately from actual review and retrieval. Complete directory overrides clear inherited coordinates and generic mirror-status wording.
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Supply of weld testing (NDT) and welding qualifications in Kent, Essex, East Sussex, London, and UK.
Owner home names Structural & Weld Testing Services Ltd and links its contact page. Requested http://www.swtndt.co.uk redirects to https://swtndt.co.uk/index.asp with canonical https://swtndt.co.uk/. Redirects and original title are preserved. Generic welding-qualification and NDT title wording does not extend exact local testing accreditation.
Owner contact explicitly publishes delivery or in-person address at 19 Albany Road, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 1EB, office@swtndt.co.uk and 01795 420264. Typical hours, evenings/weekends mobile and 24-hour services by arrangement are advertising, without booking or response guarantees. No coordinates are derived from its location descriptor.
Search UKAS accredited organisations
Exact Structural and Weld Testing Services Testing Laboratories 8994 result identifies 19 Albany Road, Sittingbourne ME10 1EB and telephone. The same search separately lists Inspection Bodies and Certification Bodies 8994. Only the testing result and testing schedule govern this guide. Protected email and register template dates are not inferred as current local scope or contact dates.
UKAS schedule 8994, Structural and Weld Testing Services, issue 003
Issue 003 dated 25 March 2024 explicitly states testing at 19 Albany Road only. One complete page was visually inspected. Five exact rows concern metals, alloys and metal products, weldments and brazings. Black-ink magnetic portable equipment, manual colour-contrast penetrant and manual-contact ultrasonic restrictions are retained. Gary Hayre is a dated schedule contact.