Melting

  The Laboratory at Assay Office Birmingham will be taking part in one to one business surgeries at the Giftware Association's Members Day on Thursday 5th June at Federation House, Birmingham. Assay Office Birmingham staff,  Marion Wilson (Marketing Director - The Birmingham Assay Office), Steve Franklin (Sales & Marketing Co-ordinator) and The Laboratory's new Account Manager Vikki Bradshaw will be on hand between 2pm and 4pm to offer advice for testing services for fashio…

CHEMICAL TESTING FORM Click on the image below and fill in the Chemical Testing form if you require any of the following tests: Colourfastness, Formaldehyde, Azo Dye, Phthalates, PCP, Dimethyl Fumarate, PH, Fibre Composition, Leather Verification, Chromium VI or Organotins Testing. MELT & ASSAY SUBMISSION FORM Click on the image below and fill in melt & assay submission form if you require your scrap melted down or your item assayed to see its content. …

The course also includes an introduction to understanding Hallmarking legislation and identifying Hallmarks on jewellery, and testing precious metals using touch acids and XRF. Peter Middleton, who is Director of Gold Reserves in Swansea, attended the course recently and said: ‘We enjoyed a well-paced course with an incredible amount of information presented in just one day. We will be sending our other staff to benefit from this great pool of knowledge!’ Sally Hoban, Heritage &…