Large Volume Cone Differential Pressure Meters
by Richard Steven & Joshua Kinney Cone DP meters are a member of the generic DP flow meter family. Used extensively throughout different industries for quarter of a century, the cone meter is now a […]
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History of Lowry PMEL School
by Sita Schwartz, Editor For an industry outsider looking in, an awful lot of metrology technicians and metrologists have their background in the military. There’s a reason for that: Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratories (PMEL) schools […]
New edition of ISO/IEC 17025 just published | ISO News
ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, is the international reference for laboratories carrying out calibration and testing activities around the world. Producing valid results that are widely trusted is […]
Lights, Camera, Calibrate! Improving Space Cameras with a Better Model for Ultra-Bright Lamps | NIST
Studio photographers may be familiar with the 1,000-watt quartz halogen lamps known as “FELs.” Scientists use them too—specially calibrated ones, at least—to test the performance of light sensors that monitor Earth’s weather, plant life and […]
Progress towards redefining the International System of Units in 2018 | EURAMET News
Last weeks (20 October) meeting of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) resulted in a resolution recommending the redefinition of four base units of the International System of Units (SI): the kilogram, the […]
Bringing the World Closer to Revised Measurement System, Scientists Update Four Key Fundamental Constants | NIST
Paving the way for transforming the world’s measurement system, an international task force has determined updated values for four fundamental constants of nature. The updated values comprise the last scientific piece of the puzzle for […]
How Bright is the Moon, Really? | NIST
The “inconstant moon,” as Shakespeare called it in Romeo and Juliet, is more reliable than his pair of star-crossed lovers might have thought. Now researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plan […]
AXIe Consortium and Multiple Companies Announce Optical Communication Standard for Instrumentation Systems
NIWOT, CO–(Marketwired – October 02, 2017) – The AXIe Consortium announced a new specification, Optical Data Interface, suitable for high-speed instrumentation systems addressing challenging applications in 5G communications, mil/aero, and advanced communication research. The AXIe […]