Candice Bryant
I began my career in Quality Assurance in the Metrology Industry working for a leader in the Global Metrology marketplace. I also worked for a brief stint in the Aerospace manufacturing sector. In my Metrology […]
Artifacts, Begone! NIST Improves Its Flagship Device for Measuring Mass | NIST
In a brightly lit subterranean lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sits a room-sized electromechanical machine called the NIST-4 Kibble balance.The instrument can already measure the mass of objects of roughly […]
Fluke Calibration 5560A Multi-Product Calibrator
The 5560A defines a new class of multi-product electrical calibrators with a host of new technologies to meet the demands of modern calibration labs EVERETT, Wash., Jan. 17, 2023 — Calibration technicians are facing increasing workloads […]
Ocean Color System Gets a ‘Refresh,’ Allowing for More Precise and Accurate Measurements | NIST
January 03, 2023 We typically think of the ocean’s color as blue, but in some places, it looks blue-green. That’s because those areas are teeming with single-cell plants called phytoplankton, which contain chlorophyll and reflect […]
Force Calibration Guidance for Beginners, Part 2
by Henry Zumbrun This two-part article was written to help anyone new to force. Even seasoned metrologists or technicians with years of experience may learn something new, or maybe this document can act as a […]
Effects of Impurities on the Freezing Plateau of the Triple Point of Water
by Xiaoke Yan, et al. The influence of impurities on the shape of the freezing curves of the triple point of water (TPW) in three small TPW cells was investigated using the freezing curve analysis […]
Practitioner’s Perspective on the GUM Revision, Part II: Examples and Resolutions to the Ballico Paradox
by Hening Huang This paper is the second one (Part II) in a series of two papers (Part I and Part II) designated to provide practitioner’s perspective on the GUM revision. Part I has discussed […]
The Hidden Cost of Hardware Upgrades
For years, I have been advocating and teaching the advantages of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and why we, in the metrology industry, need to move away from script-based programming for automation. This often involves explaining […]