VAAL METALLURGICAL LABORATORY Information

Vaal Metallurgical Laboratory (Pty) Ltd MAIN ACTIVITY Vaal Metallurgiese Laboratoriums (Pty) Ltd is a SANAS accredited commercial testing laboratory that is situated in Vereeniging in the Vaal Triangle and provides a mechanical testing and metallurgical support service to engineering and fabrication industries. The company was established in 1988 in cooperation with the metallurgical engineering department of the Vaal Triangle branch of PU for CHE and is at present privately owned. A wide spectrum of customers makes use of the services rendered by VML. These include large manufacturers of pressure vessels and petroleum related products like Turnmill Proquip, Steinmuller, Wetback, Tradefin and Alstom. Natref and Sasol SCI also make use of VML to have welding and repair procedures qualified. A number of foundries like Protea Foundry, MG Castings, Umgeni Iron Works, Vereeniging Foundries, Metso Minerals, BP Wiggill Engineering and Ferrous Foundry in ArcelorMittal SA Vanderbijlpark send their test bars for testing at VML. There are also a large number of general engineering companies that sent various products for testing, identification or certification. Local steel merchants like Mac Steel, Clotan Steel, Bekker Steel, Steelrode, Independent Wire and BRC Mesch make use of VML to have steel tested to be certified, re-certified or upgraded. The inhouse testing laboratory at ArcelorMittal Vanderbijlpark also makes use of VML to handle their excess workload from time to time. VML also specialize in failure analyses and material selection and/or identification. A variety of customers have contacted VML in the past with various requests with regard to failure analyses and special investigations that were successfully resolved.