Division management:

Division manager:

Ing. Luboslav Zilincik
Tel.No.: 00421/41/5655 983, 5686 216
Fax No.: 00421/41/5652 883
e-mail:

Division activities include:

• Testing, inspection and certification,
• Education and training,
• Technical and production activities, emission checks of petrol and diesel engine vehicles.

Area of Competence:

• Activities under the testing authorisation and other activities under the UNMS decree,
• Activities under authorisation certificate,
• Formulation of standards, directives, regulations, acts, decrees, government regulations and consulting in the sphere of activity,

Division includes two departments:

Certification and Inspection Department:
 

• Certification Body of Products
• Certification Body of Welding Staff

Testing Department:

• Accredited Test Laboratory of Machine Part Strength Measurements
• Accredited Test Laboratory of Coating Substances and Road Signs
• Accredited Test Laboratory of Electric Components and Technical and Safety Parameters of Components in Transport
   

Certification Body of Products:

Activity area covers:

• Conformity attestation – product certification according to Act No 90/1998 Coll. on building products as amended by later regulations,
• Conformity assessment – product certification according to Act No 264/1999 Coll. on technical requirements for products and conformity assessment and amendments as contained in later regulations
• Field of activity of NB 1358 at chosen activities in compliance with
  • Council Directive 89/106/EEC of 21 December 1988 as amended by Council Directive 93/68/EEC of 22 July 1993
  • Council Directive 87/404/EEC of 25 June 1987 - Simple Pressure Vessels
  • Council Directive 95/16/EC of 29 June 1995 - Lifts
  • Council Directive 97/23/EC of 29 May 1997 - Pressure equipment
  • Council Directive 98/37/EC of 22 June 1998 - Machinery
  • Council Directive 2000/9/EC of 20 March 2000 - Cableway installations designed to carry persons
• Conformity attestation and assessment of products in the field, which is not governed by law
• Inspection execution (verification of factory production control) according to Act No 90/1998 Coll. and Act No 264/1999 Coll.
• Assistance in the conformity declaration by a producer according to Act No 90/1998 Coll. and Act No 264/1999 Coll.
• Other technical assistance
  

Head of the Certification Body of Products:

Ing. Maria Huskova
Tel.No.: 00421/41/5686 141
Fax No.: 00421/41/5652 947
e-mail:

Certification Body of Welding Staff:

CBS - Certification Body of Staff accredited within SNAS according to the STN EN 45013 Certificate No. P 005.

Activity area covers:

• Certificates according to the STN EN 287-1 COP granted to the welding staff after passing the examination according to the STN EN 287-1.
   
• Other activities cover: Issue a Certificate of Competency for Welders according to:
   
  • STN EN 05 0705 – basic examinations
  • TNZ 05 07116 –steel material welding on a permanent way
  • TNZ 05 0716 – contact welding,
  • TNZ 05 0717 – rails welding with thermit
     
• Advisory and consulting in the field of welding in transport

Other activities:

Lifelong Learning Program:

•   Record of the 1'st Workshop
•   Initial information seminar
•   Print error correction
•   Record of the 2'nd Workshop

Head of the CBS:

Ing. Vladimir Matusik, EWE
tel.: 00421/41/5686 248
       00421/41/5686 454
fax: 00421/41/5652 883
e-mail:

Accredited test laboratory for machine parts strength measurements:

The test laboratory activities include different types of tests, in particular, strength static and fatigue tests under accreditation:

• basic mechanical metal tests (breaking strength, yield point, STN EN 10002-1, STN EN 895),
• fatigue tests of material samples and components (truck axles, brake toggles, bogie frames, rail welds, and the like),
• toughness test, impact bending test (STN EN 10045-1, STN EN 875),
• mechanical tests of welded joints (STN 05 1120-33),
• drawing device tests for passenger cars (STN ISO 30 3652, 94/20 ES),
• cableway wagon tests (STN 27 3005), static and dynamic tests.

The test laboratory activities include:

• accelerated life tests of dynamically stressed structures,
• measurement of the stress distribution on machine structures,
• detection of spring, bumper, damping element characteristics,
• insulated rail joint tests,
• strength tests of road sign parts.

Test laboratory activities include advisory and consulting services and the technical law making.
Accreditation award enables the international validation of test results.

Head of the Laboratory:

Ing. Frantisek Bruna
Tel.No.: 00421/41/5686 454
Fax No.: 00421/41/5652 883
e-mail:  

The accredited test laboratory of coating substances and road signs:

Accredited according to the STN EN ISO/IEC 17 025 “General requirements for test and calibration laboratories qualification“, Certificate No. S 073.

Testing and evaluation activities include:

• coating substances and coating systems for metal,
• cleaning agents and graffiti removers,
• road markings,
• car registration number,
• traffic control devices according to Decree No 90/1997 Coll.,
• safety signs and aids used in transport,
• coating substance tests in fluid state,
• dry coating film tests,
• material and product resistance tests:
   
  • frost tests (up to -50°C),
  • dry heat test (up to + 250°C),
  • moist heat,
  • xenon light (solar radiation),
  • cyclic tests.
     
• material and product accelerated corrosion tests in:
   
  • a condensation chamber,
  • a salt chamber,
  • a chamber with sulphur dioxide,
     
• sheet tests.

Other activities include:

• advisory and consulting services in the field of coating substances and road signs,
• formulation of standards, regulations and directives,
• development of methodology for coating susbstance inspection
• proposal for application of coating systems and procedures on metal structures,
• external audits.

Head of the Laboratory:

Ing. Margita Jergusova
Tel.No.: 00421/41/5686 409
Fax No.: 00421/41/5652 883
e-mail:

Accredited test laboratory of electric components and technical and safety parameters of components in transport:

Certification No S 112

Testing activities include:

• tests according to the legislation in force (acts, decrees, standards, recommendations, technical regulations, etc.),
• tests according to specific methodical instructions developed under the customer´s requirements (technical regulations, internal rules and orders of an enterprise, resort, etc.),
• tests (measurements) related to introduction of new mechanical, electric, electronic and other components into operation, including their technical and safety parameters,
• test (measurements) related to introduction of new mechanical, electric, electronic and other components into operation, including their technical and safety parameters,
• tests (measurements) related to the taking over and introduction of new technical devices into operation,
• tests for other certification bodies.
   

Other activities include:

• Development of technical expertise related to electric, electronic and other components in operation (after repairs, re-constructions, etc.),
• Assessment of different technical problems in operation,
• Formulation of standards within the laboratory´s field of competence, according to requirements of the central authorities conforming to the law making plan,
• Development of operating instructions and technical regulations according to the legislation in force and those that are under development,
• Development of service instructions under the legislation in force and under development,
• Consulting within the laboratory´s field of competence.

Head of the Laboratory:

Ing. Rudolf Palko, CSc.
Tel.No.: 00421/41/5686 250
Fax No.: 00421/41/5652 883