UK testing facilities
NPL Mechanical Test Facility (MTF)
National Physical Laboratory (NPL Management Ltd)
National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 0LW, United Kingdom
Access: Yes
Testing capabilities
- Climatic and environmental exposure
- Materials and structural testing
- Inspection and failure analysis
Services
Standard and bespoke mechanical testing of advanced materials for research and industrial applications, including composites, metals, ceramics, additive-manufacturing materials and coatings; tensile, compression, flexure, shear, tear, peel, puncture, creep, cyclic and fatigue testing; polymer/composite process-property characterisation.
Equipment
Instron 5969 ±50 kN and Instron 5985 ±100 kN machines are published; the MTF page describes quasi-static and fatigue testing and non-ambient materials characterisation; the facility page identifies specimens with cross-sections down to 2 mm x 1 mm for thermal-exposure mechanical-property work.
Standards
NPL states traceability to national standards and commercial testing services; no separate MTF accreditation inferred.
Contact
Organisation-wide contact: Phone: +44 2089773222, +44 2089437070
Approximate location
TW11 0LW · Postcode area location