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Services And Testing
The CSIR offers a range of specialised, science and technology-based services directly to industry and other sectors. Such services include analytical testing in accredited laboratories, strategic environmental services, wire rope testing, mechanical testing and others. The organisation undertakes these services on a paid-for basis as an independent service provider.
- Environmental Analysis
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Environmental Analysis
With over 30 years' experience, the CSIR’s Environmental Management Services team has led complex environmental assessments in 20+ African countries. Serving governments, NGOs, and private sectors, they offer strategic and site-specific studies, sustainability planning, and stakeholder-driven solutions, promoting green growth through robust, science-based methods.
- Impact Assessments
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- Self-contained Self-rescuers
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Self-contained Self-rescuers
The CSIR Self-contained Self-rescuer Testing Lab is SA’s only accredited authority ensuring the safety of over 200,000 oxygen devices used by mineworkers during underground fires or explosions. Established in 1996, the monitoring programme tests 2,000+ devices yearly across 180+ mines to detect performance deterioration.
- Mechanical and Rope Testing
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Mechanical and Rope Testing
Established in 1935, the CSIR Mechanical Testing Laboratory hosts two of South Africa’s largest mechanical testing machines, capable of testing heavy-load items like mine supports and lifting gear. It ensures compliance with safety standards to protect workers in mining, manufacturing, and construction industries.
- Fire and Explosion
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Fire and Explosion
The CSIR’s Kloppersbos facility supports safer work in fire- and explosion-prone industries through full-scale testing of suppression systems, flammable materials, and dust controls. Its unique size enables large coal dust/methane explosion demos, ideal for training underground workers.
- Air and Dust
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Air and Dust
The CSIR Air and Dust Laboratory is South Africa’s first SANAS-accredited facility for DPM (NIOSH 5040) and XRD-based hazardous substance analysis. It offers services such as silica dust testing, gravimetric and particle size analysis, stack sampling, fallout dust analysis, method development, and exposure research.
- Environmental Management Services
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Environmental Management Services
With over 30 years' experience, the CSIR’s Environmental Management Services team has led complex environmental assessments in 20+ African countries. Serving governments, NGOs, and private sectors, they offer strategic and site-specific studies, sustainability planning, and stakeholder-driven solutions, promoting green growth through robust, science-based methods.