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Home » Keywords: » calibration laboratory

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Calibration 101

Calibration 101

Let’s take a closer look at calibration basics.
Michelle Bangert
Michelle Bangert
August 8, 2019

Gabriel Hughes was once asked to calibrate a 2x4 at a previous job. While this may sound strange, the customer sent it in to have the precise dimensions calibrated. The wood was used to keep a door closed at a certain height, which they needed to monitor because of airflow.


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Measurement Dispute Resolution

And some advice to avoid such disputes in the first place.
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Hill Cox
May 7, 2018

If you want to get technical, this topic is better dealt with by others since it is a quality matter rather than dimensional metrology where I hide out. But, disputes go on every day over measurements and sometimes resolving them can be quite challenging—when possible. 


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Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science's American Calibration Lab

Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science's American Calibration Lab

November 1, 2017

Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science Americas, Inc. announces that its calibration laboratory received the acclaimed American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) for their Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES) product line.


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Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science's American Calibration Laboratory Receives ISO 17025 Approval for A2LA Certification of Optical Emission Spectroscopy

October 13, 2017

Calibration laboratories that receive the A2LA accreditation are held to the highest standards published by the Organization for Standardization (ISO) meaning that they meet requirements for competence of testing and calibration laboratories covered under ISO 17025.


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Proficiency Testing

Accrediting agencies require their labs to participate each year.
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Hill Cox
January 3, 2017

The term ‘proficiency testing’ is one that every accredited calibration laboratory is quite familiar with. In basic terms it refers to a method of evaluating how well a laboratory is doing a particular calibration with respect to its claimed measurement uncertainty and how it fares with other participants.


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Are Thread Gage Tolerances Practical?

STUDYING THE CALIBRATION OF THREAD PLUG GAGES.
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Hill Cox
August 5, 2015

This question is prompted by another round-robin type study involving the calibration of thread plug gages, the results of which were predictable because similar studies over the past twenty years or so have produced similar results.


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When the Lab Says No

UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAPPENS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
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Hill Cox
June 2, 2015

Like any other commercial enterprise, calibration laboratories cannot be all things to all people.


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Calibration Explained

Every day there are numerous applications proving how useful calibration is.
Ed Rocheleau
August 4, 2014

Metrology comes from the Greek word metro, meaning “to measure something.” Therefore metrology is the science and practice of measurement.


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Trescal Pursues Acquisitions in NA

Quality Magazine Staff
April 10, 2014

Trescal announced that it has acquired Instrument Calibration Services and Test Equipment Repair Corporation, two companies that provide calibration and repair services for a wide variety of measurement and test equipment.


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Tektronix Opens Calibration Facility in Utah

Quality Magazine Staff
April 10, 2014

Tektronix announced the opening of their new service facility in Salt Lake City, UT.


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