Keighley Laboratories offers a weld
testing and inspection service,
including welding procedure
consultancy and approval, welder
qualification tests, on-site weld
investigation and, through its newlyupgraded
test house, a range of
destructive, non-destructive and
metallography testing facilities.
Keighley Labs is UKAS accredited
for weldment testing and certification
across a growing list of professional
specifications, including relevant
commercial BS EN ISO and ASTM
standards and aerospace primes like
BAE, Airbus, Rolls Royce, Westland
Helicopters, Bombardier and the
CAA, with final assessment process
underway for NADCAP approval.

The team tests weld coupons just
millimetres thick in titanium,
aluminium, nickel and cobalt alloys
and other exotic metals, as well as
carbon steel and stainless steel test
plates several inches thick. It covers
all forms of welded joint.

Weld coupons are also examined
for soundness, strength and toughness