Who Are R-TECH Services?
R-TECH Services has been in existence since 2002, and has been providing testing services since 2003. All our technical staff have extensive experience of testing in R&D laboratories as well as production test houses.
R-TECH Services is managed by two professional metallurgists, Tony Franks and Russell Chiplen. Between them they have over 50 years combined experience in the manufacture and testing of reinforcing steels.
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Tony Franks
Tony graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1979 with a degree in Metallurgy and Materials Science. He worked in R&D for British Steel, before completing a PhD at the University of Sheffield.
In 1985 Tony joined Allied Steel and Wire, the main UK manufacturer of reinforcing and pre-stressing steels. From 1990 Tony was the Technical Manager at ASW, covering all technical and quality aspects of the business, including quality assurance, quality control, product and process development, intellectual property issues and certification. Tony is the Chairman of the BSI committee ISE/9 responsible for reinforcing and pre-stressing steel standards.
Tony has been a professional member of the Institute of of Materials, Minerals and Mining, and a Chartered Engineer, since 1987. He is also a professional member of the Welding Institute.
Tony is the Director of R-TECH Services Ltd.
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Russell Chiplen
Russell Chiplen has spent his whole professional life in the steel industry. He has held a number of technical and quality posts, initially in British Steel, and then at Allied Steel and Wire. Russell has a wealth of knowledge of the testing and examination of metals, particularly steels. ----------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------Russell has been a professional member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, and a Chartered Engineer, since 1986. He was a member of the BSI committee responsible for reinforcing steel standards for several years.
Russell is the Laboratory Manager at R-TECH Services Ltd.
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