STS Directory - Cendres Métaux

Federal Department of Economic Affairs DEAState Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECOSwiss Accreditation Service SASAccreditation number STS 174Accreditation standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005STS Directorypage 1 of 2Testing laboratory for the analysis of precious metals and for the determination of physicalproperties of metals, especially precious metalsCendres+Métaux SAAnalytics and MaterialsTestingRue de Boujean 122CH-2501 Biel/BienneHead:Head of Materials TestingResponsible person for QA:Telephone:Telefax:E-Mail:Internet:First accreditation (d,m,y):Last accreditation (d,m,y):Updated version:Marianne JiskraDr. Flavio CampanaDr. Theo Gautschi+41 32 344 22 11 (tel. exchange)+41 32 344 22 05mailto:info@cmsa.chhttp://www.cmsa.ch04.06.199723.10.2007www.sas.ch (accredited bodies)Scope of accreditation in October 2007Group of products ormaterials, field of activityAnalytical proceduresPrinciple of measurement(characteristics, measuringranges, type of test)Sampling of fine metals andjewellery alloys 3)2), 3)Test methods, remarks(national, international standards,validated in-house testmethods)Validated inhouse methods for theanalytical methods belowDetermination of gold in gold SN EN ISO 11426jewellery alloys by cupellation 2)Determination of silver in silver SN EN 31427jewellery alloys by potentiometric ISO 11427titration with KBr 2)Determination of fineness injewellery alloys by WD-XRF 3)Determination of traces in finemetals by ICP-OES 3)Gold, platinumValidated inhouse test methodsGold, silver, platinum andpalladiumValidated inhouse test methods23.10.2007/H zws/kzb 174sts_engl.doc1) Type A: It is not allowed to change the scope2) Type B: Optimizing defined test methods (adapt to client's needs, adapted standards) is allowed3) Type C: Introduction of additional test methods for the different types of tests is allowed

Federal Department of Economic Affairs DEAState Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECOSwiss Accreditation Service SASAccreditation number STS 174Accreditation standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005STS DirectoryGroup of products ormaterials, field of activityPrinciple of measurement(characteristics, measuringranges, type of test)2), 3)page 2 of 2Test methods, remarks(national, international standards,validated in-house testmethods)Metallurgical procedures Sampling for materials testing 3) Validated inhouse methods for themetallurgical methods belowDetermination of melting DIN 51004temperatures of crystallinematerials by differential thermalanalysis (DTA) 2)Metal-ceramic bondISO 9693characterization (Schwickerathcrack initiation test) 2)Determination of Vickers ISO 6507-1hardness 2)Determination of the thermal DIN 51045-1expansion of solids 2)Determination of surface DIN 4768roughness values of theparameters Ra, Rz, Rmax bymeans of electrical contactinstruments 2)Determination of the mechanical EN 10002-1properties of metallic materials(tensile testing) 2)- special materials Dental casting alloys according toISO 22674Determination of grain size on ASTM E 112, section 10metallographic sections 2)Examination of structures onmetallographic sections 3)Validated inhouse test method23.10.2007/H zws/kzb 174sts_engl.doc1) Type A: It is not allowed to change the scope2) Type B: Optimizing defined test methods (adapt to client's needs, adapted standards) is allowed3) Type C: Introduction of additional test methods for the different types of tests is allowed