WESTEST
Portage La Prairie, MB
Company Overview
Western Canada Testing, (WESTEST) is a provider of physical testing services to the agricultural, automotive, transportation, construction, forestry, and mining industries. WESTEST staff can measure field data and use it to test components or whole machines in their field simulation lab. Some services are portable and can be performed on-site. Areas of expertise include:
Load and vibration simulation Noise and vibration control Sound analysis Stress measurement and analysis Load and fatigue testing Field data acquisition Standards and regulatory compliance testing Safe working load tests Design qualification and verification testing Wire rope testing Intermediate Bulk Container testing WESTEST is the only test lab in Canada that specializes in IBC testing, and has established itself as the premier IBC test lab in North America. Manufacturers from across Canada and the USA use their services. More recently, customers from Brazil, the Phillippines, Korea, and Japan have sent their products for testing at WESTEST. Visitors from Turkey, Chile, and Mexico have toured their facility and contracted with them. Interested individuals can call and request information brochures or videos on IBC testing. WESTEST welcomes strategic alliances with organizations that are mutually complementary.
Company Information
Physical Address
390 River Rd.
Portage La Prairie, MB R1N 3C5
CA
Mailing Address
P. O. Box 1050
Portage La Prairie, MB R1N 3C5
CA
Additional Details
Legal Name: Western Canada Testing Inc.
Number of Employees: 11
CA
WESTEST is an industrial testing facility established to provide manufacturers with advanced product development services.
WESTEST has specialized facilities to help solve engineering problems in three primary areas: force and vibration simulation, noise and vibration control, and stress measurement and analysis. Various configurations of these services combine to provide:
vibration and fatigue analysis, durability trials, sound and noise level measurement, noise emission source determination, machine health diagnostics, stress measurement and standards testing.
Machine specimens and components up to 35, 000 lbs (with an additional 16, 000 lbs pre-load) can be loaded and tested for structural integrity.
Leading edge sound analysis technology allows for portable assessment of noise characteristics in ambient noise environments, determination of structure borne noise, and contour mapping for sound intensity purposes.
WESTESTs stress measurement and analysis service can measure strains and stress under applied loads through the use of brittle coating and strain gauge application. Software is available to provide for further analysis and fatigue prediction.
Projects range from specific problem solving tasks to complete project management. WESTEST is experienced in working together with partners to provide targeted engineering and physical testing services.
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE LOAD SIMULATION LAB:
5, 000 sq. ft. lab, including a 4 ft deep pit with 4 ft thick solid concrete reaction mass, and a strong floor with a 2 ft thick solid concrete reaction mass, both with modular grid anchoring system, gantry crane spanning length of lab, 14 x 20 ft wide overhead access door. Main building features 8, 000 sq ft shop space, conference room and administration offices.
HUMBOLDT:
Main Building- 20, 000 sq ft facility with fabrication shop, 1- 20 X 19 ft overhead access door, 1- 26 X 19 overhead access door, 4000 lbs capacity over-head crane, 30000 lbs capacity outdoor drive on weigh scale, 28 X 19 ft environmental chamber, outdoor destructive test fixture, conference room, administration offices. Satellite Lab- 2400 sq ft facility with 1- 14 X 16 ft access door, and high velocity ventilation system.
QUALITY ASSURANCE: ISO 9002 Registered.
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT:
Kiethly 500 P2 Modular Data Acquisition System KDA C-500 I/O Data Collection Software ASYST Software Bruel & Kjaer WT9378 Mapping and Sound Power Software Somat Lifest Fatigue Software Bruel & Kjaer Dual Channel Real Time Frequency Analyzer Model 2144 with FFT Option 7651 Bruel & Kjaer Sound Intensity Probe 3548 Bruel & Kjaer Sound Intensity Microphone Pair 4181 Bruel & Kjaer Sound Intensity Calibrator Type 3541 MTS Systems Corporation Dual Channel Hydraulic Load Simulator -60 gpm hydraulic power supply -two force generating linear motion hydraulic actuators capable of 12, 000 lbs force - two force generating linear motion hydraulic actuators capable of 22, 000 lbs force - two force generating linear motion hydraulic actuators capable of 35, 000 lbs force Ancillary monitoring and measuring equipment, accelerometers, strain gauges, etc. Sony PC208A Digital Audio Recorder, Remote Parameter Control Simulation Software system.
CERTIFICATIONS:
Transport Canada and the United States Department of Transport has approved WESTEST as a supplier of standards testing for the bulk hazardous goods packaging industry.
WESTEST has a reciprocal agreement with the Swedish Machinery Testing Institute to provide standards testing on their behalf for 31 different EEC standards.
Contacts
Sharon Doepker
Title: Research Librarian
Area of Responsibility: Customer Service
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Harvey Chorney
Title: Vice President
Area of Responsibility: Research/Development/Engineering
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David Gullacher
Title: President
Area of Responsibility: Management Executive
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Phil Leduc
Title: Manager
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Services
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Eurocompliance
Provides machinery manufacturers with technical assistance with meeting the Machinery Directive(law).
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Force & Vibration Simulation
Various configurations of the force and vibration simulation services combine to provide: vibration and fatigue analysis, durability trials, stress measurement and standards testing.
Machine specimens and components up to 35, 000 lbs (with an additional 16, 000 lbs pre-load) can be loaded and tested for structural integrity.
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Mower Testing
Industrial and agricultural mower safety testing to SAE standard J232, current ASAE standard.
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Noise & Vibration Control
Leading edge sound analysis technology allows for portable assessment of noise characteristics in ambient noise environments, determination of structure borne noise, and contour mapping for sound intensity purposes.
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Packaging Testing - Compliance, Hazardous Goods, Dangerous Goods, Non-bulk, Preshipment
Standards and compliance testing of bulk, non-bulk, preshipment, hazardous, and dangerous goods packaging.
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Physical Testing
Physical, standards and compliance testing services for the transportation, agricultural, industrial, mining, and forestry equipment manufacturing industries.
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Scientific And Technical Services
WESTEST is an industrial testing facility established to provide manufacturers with advanced product development services.
WESTEST has specialized facilities to help solve engineering problems in three primary areas: force and vibration simulation, noise and vibration control, and stress measurement and analysis. Various configurations of these services combine to provide:
vibration and fatigue analysis, durability trials, sound and noise level measurement, noise emission source determination, machine health diagnostics, stress measurement and standards testing.
Machine specimens and components up to 35, 000 lbs (with an additional 16, 000 lbs pre-load) can be loaded and tested for structural integrity.
Leading edge sound analysis technology allows for portable assessment of noise characteristics in ambient noise environments, determination of structure borne noise, and contour mapping for sound intensity purposes.
WESTESTs stress measurement and analysis service can measure strains and stress under applied loads through the use of brittle coating and strain gauge application. Software is available to provide for further analysis and fatigue prediction.
Projects range from specific problem solving tasks to complete project management. WESTEST is experienced in working together with partners to provide targeted engineering and physical testing services.
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Stress Measurement & Analysis
WESTESTs stress measurement and analysis service can measure strains and stress under applied loads through the use of brittle coating and strain gauge application. Software is available to provide for further analysis and fatigue prediction.
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Wire Rope Testing
Electro-magnetic wire rope testing allows for safety and integrity inspection of wire ropes used in the mining industry without damaging or dismantling the rope.
Products
- Agbus-organization-agencies
- Agbus-special Equipment And Services
- Environmental Products And Services
- Iem-machine Shops
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Test Program To Help Ensure That Intermediate Bulk Containers (ibcs) Are Safe At Home And Abroad
Provider of testing services to the manufacturing industry. WESTEST established the Packaging Engineering Division. Subsequent certification by Transport Canada, the United States Department of Transport, and the United Nations has led to the establishment of WESTEST as the premier testing lab for hazardous goods IBC testing in North America. WESTEST contributes toward the safe transport of hazardous goods across our roads, rails and oceans.
NAICS Categories
Additional Information
541690, 541330
ISO 9002
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Turkey, United States, Alabama, Georgia, Michigan
Australia, United Kingdom, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming