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PROUDLY INDEPENDENT PREMIER TESTING FACILITY IN AUSTRALIA

Azuma Design, located in Wetherill Park, NSW, is one of Australia’s largest privately-owned compliance testing and engineering company. Part of the Alchin Long Group of companies, it offers a wide range of industrial design, engineering and testing services throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Azuma is fully equipped to service the rigorous testing requirements of the window and door industry. Proudly independent, Azuma provides technical support with an engineering design capacity and a stateof-the-art product testing facility. Azuma is the expert, offering the largest capacity and range of testing services for the building industry in Australia.

In 2003, Azuma designed a wind and water pressure test chamber to provide essential testing services that meet the requirements of AS 2047 and the test procedures AS 4420, as called up as a deem to satisfy requirement of the Building Code of Australia, now known as the National Construction Code (NCC). The test chamber was commissioned in 2004 and was bought online in November of that year. This, together with the National Association of Testing Authority (NATA) accreditation in early 2005 and ISO 9001 Quality Assurance Accreditation, ensured Azuma was up and running to be able to achieve Standards’ testing to satisfy its client’s requirements.

The wind and water test pressure chamber was quickly followed by investments in additional testing services, with the addition of a security door testing centre (AS 5039, AS 5040, AS 5041), hardware testing rigs (AS 4145) and surface finishing testing capabilities.

Azuma’s early investment in servicing the window and door industry, has established Azuma Design as the premier independent testing facility in Australia. Azuma also invested heavily in its involvement with the peak bodies servicing the industry such as the Australian Glass & Window Association (AGWA), Australian Institute of Surface Finishing (AISF), Insulated Glass Manufacturing Association (IGMA) and the National Security Door Association (NSSA). Azuma’s industry involvement takes the form of serving on many of the Associations’ Technical Committees, sitting on many Australian Standards Development Committees and ISO Standards International Committee work.

Over the years and presently, it is evident that Azuma has expanded its offer to the market by drawing on strong mechanical design experience and testing competencies that have been instilled in its people for the past 20 years. Throughout this time, Azuma has become the most influential testing centre servicing Australia and offers the following:

- Insulated glass accelerated weathering testing for IGUs to the requirements of AS 4666.

- Balustrades of all construction types for the forces required in the barrier section of AS 1170-1 and called up in AS 1288 for glass barriers.

- Debris cyclonic impact testing to the requirements of AS 1170-2 for building surrounds, windows, screens, wall cladding, and roofing materials.

- Hail/Ice ball impact testing, of various building elements, such as glass houses, solar collectors, tiles, and other roofing materials.

- Scaffold planks mechanical testing.

- Pool fencing to the requirements of AS 1926 and required for certification.

- Universal tensile and compression testing of materials and connections.

- Testing surface finishing and mechanical operations of hardware, in harsh environments, in Azuma’s salt spray cabinets for AS 2331.

- Façade testing of doors and windows to the requirements of AS 4284.

- Cladding testing to the requirements of AS 4040 Parts 1-3.

Azuma will tackle any mechanical testing requirement having acquired a vast portfolio of specialist tasks. It is a detailed engineering business that ensures the design of facades will endure on site conditions.

Azuma has just enhanced its capacity by adding two new extra-large bespoke concrete wind and water pressure test chambers. Commissioned in December 2022, they are capable of testing products 3500 mm high to 6000 mm wide up to a massive 20,000 pa 20 Kpa in both positive and negative pressures, which adheres to Standards AS 2047, AS 4284, AS 4040 Parts 1-3.

The development and commitment to the facade industry continues with Azuma growing its testing capabilities and furthering the education of our trained and qualified engineering technicians. Azuma remains proudly independent, which ensures a responsive experience and can be relied upon to get all testing requirements completed to the Australian Standards and protocols.