All-round carefree partner thanks to a wide range of measuring and testing options

The term “quality management” is familiar to most people. Nevertheless, our QM department is often asked what they actually do. Surely there is not that much work in this area for a steel trader. The answer: We are more than just a steel trader. We are an all-round carefree partner with a wide range of measuring and testing options. We are also audited by TÜV and other groups and regularly work together with various testing institutes.
TÜV Rheinland visited us again in November for recertification. We constantly undergo new audits or have ourselves tested again and again in order to keep our quality management at the highest level. Our current certifications:
- ISO 9001:2015
- EN 9120:2018 Aviation, aerospace & defense
- KTA 1401 Nuclear power and nuclear technology
- ISO 19443:2018 Civil nuclear industry
- Restamping authorization
Measuring and testing options from HSM® Here is a small selection of the tests we have recently carried out.
- Inspection and dimensional check
- Determination of the delta ferrite content by calculation according to DeLong
- Determination of grain size according to DIN EN ISO 643
- Chemical analysis DIN EN 10272
- Leak testing of pipes according to various standards
- Dye penetration test
- Hardness test HB30 according to DIN 50351
- Hardness test according to NACE MR 0175
- Notched bar impact test DIN EN ISO 148-1
- Intergranular corrosion test according to EN ISO 3651-2 Verf. A
- Ring expansion test according to ASTM B338-09
- Ultrasonic test according to EN ISO 10893-10
- Face quenching test according to DIN EN ISO 642
- Hot tensile test according to DIN EN 6892-2
- Ultrasonic test according to DIN EN 10308
- Face quenching test according to DIN EN ISO 642
- Metallographic tests according to AVS D63 A/000
- and many more
Cooperation with external testing laboratories
With the aim of reducing risk and guaranteeing defect-free delivery, we offer our customers a wide range of tests via external testing laboratories and inspection companies (TÜV, Lloyd’s, SGS, Bureau Veritas). On request, we can supply the material with test certificates in accordance with EN10204:
- 2.1 Factory certificate
- 2.2 Factory certificate
- Inspection certificate 3.1
- Inspection certificate 3.2
We also carry out a wide variety of tests, including rare tests such as determining the delta ferrite content. True to the motto, we do everything that is possible. In addition to the careful supplier/manufacturer selection process and supplier monitoring, HSM® offers additional tests in cooperation with testing laboratories and companies as preventive measures against the marketing of counterfeit parts and parts of dubious origin.
By the way: We are also authorized to restamp
Even more knowledge for you
Would you like to know more about this topic? Please contact our colleagues Christoph Schubert or Peter Wälzlein from Quality Management directly.
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