The global metrology community has paid tribute to the late Dr Bryan Peter Kibble, who worked at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL). Dr Kibble’s famous invention, the watt balance, is being renamed after him in […]
A high-tech version of an old-fashioned balance scale at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has just brought scientists a critical step closer toward a new and improved definition of the kilogram. The […]
An advanced Measurement Uncertainty Calculator METAS UncLib is a generic measurement uncertainty calculator developed by METAS as part of the VNA Tools II project. METAS UncLib is written in C# within the .NET framework. Software development […]
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The International Accreditation Service (IAS) is the first accreditation body globally to have its Personnel Certification Body (commonly abbreviated as ‘PCB’ or ‘Persons’) accreditation program recognized under the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC). This is a […]
I was recently on the road visiting my customers both new and old. During this trip I also wanted to check in with those customers we quoted but never got an actual purchase order from. […]
by Mettler Toledo Calibrating a weight of unknown mass requires comparison to a known reference. It’s not as simple as it sounds, however, particularly when manufacturing weights or establishing metrology standards. During manual calibration, everything […]
by Henry Zumbrun There has been ongoing debate as to whether or not a hydraulic force machine that applies the force simultaneously to both the reference standard and the unit under test is more repeatable […]
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