Legal Metrology Delivery: testing facilities
Information for manufacturers.
The laboratories and chambers at our Teddington site are all fully traceable to national standards, operated in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025:2005, and available for research or pre-assessment testing.
Anechoic chamber
We perform RFI testing to IEC 61000-4.3. Our chamber is approximately 3 x 3 x 3 metres and can generate a frequency of 26 MHz to 3 GHz, at up to 10 volts per metre.
Environmental chambers
We perform static temperature testing to IEC 60068-2-1 and IEC 60068-2-2 and damp heat steady state and cyclic testing to IEC 60068-2-78 and IEC 60068-2-30. Our two chambers allow testing from -25ºC to 70ºC and can achieve 95% relative humidity quickly and cost-effectively. We have a walk-in chamber measuring 4 x 3 x 2.5 metres.
Electrical test laboratories
We perform burst, surge, voltage variations, dips, interruptions and conductive testing to IEC 61000 standards, and the metrological testing of measuring instruments. We also test vehicle mounted measuring equipment to ISO 7637.
Deadweight force loading rig
We perform load cell testing in accordance with OIML R60, to assist manufacturers with the development of prototypes. Our deadweight machine will produce 100 kg to 1000 kg and the chamber in which it is located allows testing from -10ºC to 50ºC.
Pre-assessment
We perform pre-assessment testing to give manufacturers confidence in their products’ ability to pass EMC immunity testing (although not limited to EMC testing).
Contact LMD
For local authority enquiries please email lau.opss@businessandtrade.gov.uk.
For all other enquiries please email opss.enquiries@businessandtrade.gov.uk.
Write to:
Legal Metrology Delivery
Office for Product Safety and Standards
Stanton Avenue
Teddington
Middlesex
TW11 0JZ