Accelerated Weathering Laboratory Ltd

Accelerated Weathering Laboratory Ltd The Accelerated Weathering Laboratory in Swindon provide a UKAS accredited materials testing service

From our laboratories in South Marston Park, Swindon, Wiltshire close to Honda Manufactudturing UK, we offer a comprehensive range of testing procedures and are committed to providing a competitive yet high quality service not only to provide data, but to assist in research and development programmes where required. We work with a broad range of clients within the Aerospace, Medical, Automotive and Non-Automotive sectors and have an extensive client base of worldwide brands including Aston Martin Lagonda, Lotus Cars, Jaguar / Land Rover, Honda Manufacturing and R&D, Ford, Volvo, VW, Ministry of Defense and British Aerospace to name but a few. AWL can provide our clients with the data they need to make informed material performance decisions.

We are pleased to have helped Bucher Municipal in Dorking to achieve ISO 12944 qualification to C5M. Bucher Municipal ha...
16/07/2023

We are pleased to have helped Bucher Municipal in Dorking to achieve ISO 12944 qualification to C5M. Bucher Municipal has been manufacturing road sweepers for more than 75 years, and today is one of the world market leaders in street cleansing vehicles, sewer cleaners and winter maintenance equipment. That said, it is not surprising a high corrosion durability paint system was required for their vehicles. Well done to all involved.

AWL are pleased to have helped Metro Plating Ltd confirm the quality of their surface coatings using rotary Taber abrasi...
16/07/2023

AWL are pleased to have helped Metro Plating Ltd confirm the quality of their surface coatings using rotary Taber abrasion wear testing.

ISO 12944 corrosion durability standard remains popular at AWL particularly for benchmarking a performance standard for ...
04/02/2022

ISO 12944 corrosion durability standard remains popular at AWL particularly for benchmarking a performance standard for a paint or other coating system where no previous data exists. There are 2 test regimes used to reach a performance standard. Contact us for more info.

04/02/2022

Are 4D number plates legal to sell in the UK?

The short answer is yes but only if they have provided satisfactory test results according to all clauses of BSAU145e:2018 before they reach the UK market place.

The financial investment required for conformance to this standard is significant (+£14K) and the time-frames for compliance are long (+4 months).

We are hearing of lots of suppliers of this type of plate suggesting their product is indeed compliant to this standard so legal to sell in the UK. If they are compliant, they certainly didn’t come through us!!

We have not tested, or provided traceable C of Cs for any 4D plate construction since the standard became a legal requirement for plates sold in the UK!!

A few questions to suppliers / manufacturers of 4D construction number plates selling within the UK:

Do your customers have access to the test reports and a certificate of conformance? Was the certificate provided by a UKAS accredited laboratory?

So in summary, if the preferred testing laboratory according to the BNMA are not testing and providing evidence for BSAU145e:2018 conformance of 4D plates then……Who is?

Fire retardant coatings sprayed on wooden structures must be weather tested to EN927-6 prior to fire safety testing acco...
14/08/2020

Fire retardant coatings sprayed on wooden structures must be weather tested to EN927-6 prior to fire safety testing according to ISO 16755. No good having a fire retarding coating applied to your shed and with the first hot summer and thunderstorm it all washes off !

Yes, we are able to supply a certificate of conformance for the new number plate standard BSAU145e: 2018. Contact us to ...
14/08/2020

Yes, we are able to supply a certificate of conformance for the new number plate standard BSAU145e: 2018. Contact us to find out more.

We can confirm there are no significant technical changes to the 2019 version of the neutral salt spray corrosion testin...
14/08/2020

We can confirm there are no significant technical changes to the 2019 version of the neutral salt spray corrosion testing standard ASTM B117. The 2019 version has been added to our UKAS scope of accreditation.

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Swindon
SN34TG

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4pm
Friday 8:30am - 4pm

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+44 1793 834211

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