Historically, when considering calibration software, it is the administrative features of the software that first come to mind. In other words, receiving the equipment and tracking it through the laboratory. These are handy features considering that some factories have thousands of tools that need to be calibrated, but sometimes it is not enough.

What these software packages do not do is the calibration itself. The MudCats Calibration Process Manager, from Edison ESI (Westminster, CA), is a software tool that tackles the challenges of the calibration process head-on, including the need to account for measurement uncertainty, says Ken Racen, business development manager, metrology and inspection services, at Edison ESI.