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Posted 24 January 2011 - 05:03 PM

Hi all,

I've been through 5 BRC audits, and have never heard of this, but on a recent audit, the firm I began working for got a non-conformity under 6.3.2 stating that "vendor supplied metal detector test wands were not certified". Has anyone else heard of this? Do I need to get the sticks certified by the manufacturer?

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Posted 24 January 2011 - 08:24 PM

Yes, I've heard of it and been asked for it before. All metal detector test pieces should be issued with a certificate of calibration or conformity and this should be available to the auditor.



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Posted 24 January 2011 - 08:43 PM

Great thank you!



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Posted 24 January 2011 - 09:07 PM

Hi GMO,

Should this test strips also include an unique identification?
I have never seen those.

Should there really be organisations, who say to test with 2 mm and actually put a test piece of 5 mm in it? What is the use? They are only foolinge them selves.


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Posted 25 January 2011 - 05:51 AM

I have seen many places 2 mm and 5 mm coins made up of ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

Calibration companies do the test for weights and thickness and purity comes from certificate when we purchase.


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Posted 25 January 2011 - 05:56 AM

Dear All,

IMEX, available from the company (or agent) selling the metal detector. For obvious reasons. :smile:

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Posted 25 January 2011 - 07:20 AM

Hi Charles,


Yes I know these test kits from Mettler Toledo and Loma. I have one of Loma myself.
However there is no certificate or statement coming with this test pieces and neither is there an unique number on it.

After reading GMOs answer, I recalled that when we received the test kit after a training by loma, the spoker told us to use our own test kit, and look carefully at the test kits from companies, because sometimes the bullet was replaced by a bigger one by the company. I thought this was a fairy tale story, just to sell more test kits to us and did not spend any attention to the mentioned issue.

Now, I am wondering..... are these things really happening?


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Posted 25 January 2011 - 07:58 AM

Most do have a unique identification number. Try icteststick, their's do.





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