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ANSTO
  ANSTO is a Commonwealth Government organistion which operates Australia's only nuclear research reactor at Lucas Heights near Sydney. The organization has the following aims: to provide expert advice on the nuclear fuel cycle to government and to support Australian national strategic and nuclear policy objectives: to operate nuclear science and technology based facilities for the benefit of industry and the Australian R&D community; to undertake research to advance the understanding of nuclear science, and: to apply the resulting technologies and other relevant unique capabilities to focussed R&D in order to increase to competitiveness of Australian Industry. The Materials Division has a wide range of facilities direct to the assessment and characterisation of materials. Included are mechanical testing machines - including tensile, fatigue, creep and stress relaxation - optical and electron microscopes (both SEM and TEM) and various NDE techniques. The Division undertakes R&D projects and consultancies with industry with costs and agreements being determined on a case-by-case basis
www
  http://www.ansto.gov.au
E-mail
 
Phone
  61 (0)2 9717 311
BHP Flat Products Division
 
www
  http://www.bhp.com.au
E-mail
  bhpsteeldirect@bhp.com.au
Phone
  1800 800 789
CW Pope
  C.W. Pope provides a comprehensive range of materials testing metallurgical consulting and materials engineering services to the mining, manufacturing, building, transport and process industries
www
 
E-mail
  cwpope@cwpope.com.au
Phone
  61 (0)2 4967 2788
DSTO Australia
  The principal mission Maritime Platforms Division is to provide R&D support to the conceptual development, acquisition, and through-life support of maritime platforms.
www
  http://www.dsto.defence.gov.au
E-mail
 
Phone
  61 (0)3 9626 8115
Heavy Engineering Research Association (HERA)
  HERA is a research organisation of the New Zealand metal-based industries. HERA is the national centre for design, fabrication, welding and machining related metals. One of HERA's goals is to increase the use of steel and other metals based materials through improving productivity and competitiveness of the fabricators. HERA offers assistance in the following areas: structural steel design and construction, fabrication, metallurgy, inspection, quality assurance, productivity improvement, market research, corrosion protection, specialised staff training, technology transfer, codes and standards, tariffs and industry statistics
www
  http://www.hera.org.nz
E-mail
  welding@hera.org.nz
Phone
  64 (0)9 262 2885
HRL Technology Pty Ltd
  HRL have experienced metallurgists, engineers and technicians who have the skills to determine if it is safe to continue to operate plant, for how long the plant might continue operation, and to develop strategies for repair or extending life as required. They are specialists in high temperature and high pressure processes. Several groups have NATA Technical Registration for testing and services they provide.
www
  http://www.hrl.com.au
E-mail
 
Phone
  61 (0)3 9565 9885
Pacific Power
  Leading organisation in the field of welded structures including pressure vessel technology, life assessment, fracture mechanics, fitness for purpose, risk analysis and advanced inspection techniques to ensure integrity of welded plant
www
 
E-mail
 
Phone
  61 (0)2 4941 5415

 

 

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