Mountz Inc. LPX Torque Sensor
Calibrating and Testing Small Hand & Power Torque Tools San Jose, Calif. – Mountz, Inc., a specialist in the design and manufacture of torque control products, offers the new LPX torque sensor for testing small […]
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NIST Launches New Website to Educate Industry About Alternatives to Mercury Thermometers
As part of a larger effort to reduce the amount of mercury, a potent neurotoxin, in the environment, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a new website to help industry scientists […]
Teledyne Technologies to Acquire LeCroy Corporation
Teledyne Technologies to Acquire LeCroy Corporation Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) (“Teledyne”) and LeCroy Corporation (NASDAQ:LCRY) (“LeCroy”) jointly announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement that provides for the merger of LeCroy Corporation […]
Watch Out for Those Thermoelectric Voltages!
By Martin L. Kidd This Metrology 101 article addresses the impact of thermoelectric voltage (EMF) on low-voltage measurements. Using a high precision digital multimeter, the author demonstrates how you can inadvertently introduce thermal EMF errors. […]
Identifying and Avoiding Common Errors in RF Calibration
By Paul Roberts There are many potential sources of human and measurement errors in RF calibration. This paper examines five common error sources associated with connectors, cables, and accessories such as adapters, splitters and couplers: […]
A Comparison of 12 US Liquid Hydrocarbon Flow Standards and the Transition to Safer Calibration Liquids
By John Wright, Aaron Johnson, Gina Kline, Chris Crowley, Jodie Pope, Vern Bean, Kevin John, Jeremy Latsko, David Pfeffer, James Winchester, Michael Case, Gary Mahoney, Gary Quigley, Jason Bellavance, Jon Fitzgerald, Bradley Ramsey, Wes England, […]
Rethinking the Flexible Standards Paradigm
By Michael Schwartz In many of today’s software projects, developers are challenged with the task of designing interchangeable standards architecture into their metrology based applications. Currently, many developers see an oscilloscope as an oscilloscope and […]
Improving Safety Measures and Measures of Safety for World Metrology Day 2012
From NIST Tech Beat: May 17, 2012 World Metrology Day celebrates the signing of the Treaty of the Meter on May 20, 1875. By signing the treaty, representatives from 17 nations, including the United States, […]