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 […]
by Ebtisam H. Hassan, R. Hegazy, Gouda M. Mahmoud Common practice in the use of force proving instruments, such as load cells, has been to use loading pads to maintain the safety for the load […]
by Rob Miller For organizations searching for options to differentiate their services, often times the most suitable way of achieving this is through accreditation to published standards such as ISO/IEC 17025. This outside evaluation based […]
Dr Kibble worked at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) from 1967 to 1998 as an experimental physicist. He was instrumental in reshaping the International System of Units (SI), and is best known for his conception […]
It’s official: NIST’s 4.45-million newton (equivalent to one million pounds-force) deadweight machine – the largest in the world – is back in one piece after a colossal 16-month effort to overhaul the system for the […]
When a team of researchers at NIST’s Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) first tested a new kind of pressure sensor two years ago, initial results showed it was faster and had higher resolution than the traditional, […]
ROCHESTER, NY, April 1, 2016 – Transcat, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRNS) (“Transcat” or the “Company”), a leading provider of accredited calibration and compliance services and value-added distributor of professional grade handheld test, measurement and control instrumentation, […]
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