Ballistic & Mechanical Testing: Independence, Protection, Compliance
Established in 1997, we are a privately owned and operated australian business set up to independently verify compliance to international standards.
Ballistic & Mechanical Testing (BMT) is a leading ballistic resistance testing laboratory based in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Ballistic & Mechanical Testing (BMT) is a leading ballistic resistance testing laboratory based in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Established in 1997, we are a privately owned and operated company that was founded with the aim of independently verifying compliance to international standards.
BMT is a National Association of Testing Authorities – Australia (NATA) accredited (ISO17025:2017) testing laboratory that specialises in performing tests and evaluations for the defence, law enforcement, and security sectors.
Our cutting-edge equipment, efficiency in delivering test results, and the scope of our testing capability uniquely supports the needs of our clients to achieve the highest levels of compliance.
BMT has earned a reputation for its world-class laboratory and expertise, providing ballistic testing services to a range of clients in Australia and abroad, including to New Zealand, the UK, Malaysia, Singapore, Israel, Thailand, and China.
We are a Defence Recognised Supplier of destructive and non-destructive ballistic testing solutions to the Australian Defence Force, setting the standard in ballistic testing for the country’s armour manufacturing industry.
BMT’s comprehensive range of compliance and performance evaluation services for military organisations includes:
BMT’s laboratory offers testing services for armour and impact resistant products used for a range of defence industry operations. We test for compliance to international test standards.
With extensive experience in establishing test programmes that enable compliance in any market or tender, BMT has the ability to pre-condition test samples prior to ballistic or radiographic testing.
We can also assist in conducting research and development, certification, as well as batch and life extension testing.
BMT uses high-resolution digital X-ray to conduct advanced radiographic analysis of body armour strike plates and other ceramic amour types. This produces highly accurate data that can be used for research and development and quality assurance protocols.
We provide clients with secure internet access to our archive server for X-ray images. This enables the images to be viewed and edited using zoom, contract and measure tools.
BMT has the capability to detect defects as small as 85 microns. We can identify manufacturing defects in raw tiles prior to laminating into complete hard armour systems.
Areas we specialise in include:
BMT offers an extensive range of ammunition evaluation services, testing ammunition to the most accurate parameters.
We have knowledge and experience conducting ammunition tests, including:
We have a comprehensive range of threat ammunition that is sourced from the same batch lots, ensuring absolute continuity and traceability for test data.
Established in 1997, we are a privately owned and operated australian business set up to independently verify compliance to international standards.
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