July 2012 – Cal Lab Magazine

Calibrating DC Shunts: Techniques and Uncertainties

July 25, 2012 Office

By Jay Klevens Accurate electrical current measurement is critical to the power and electrical test industries. DC and low frequency ac current is usually measured using a current shunt. Shunt calibration has unique error sources […]

Quality of Air Speed Calibrations

July 25, 2012 Office

By Rachael V. Coquilla Wind measuring instruments, such as cup anemometers, propeller anemometers, ultrasonic anemometers, velocity meters, airflow meters, and many other types, are commonly used in various industries as monitoring devices or for evaluation […]

Learning to Apply Metrology Principles to the Measurement of X-ray Intensities in the 500 eV to 110 keV Energy Range

July 25, 2012 Office

By Michael J. Haugh, Travis Pond, Christopher Silbernagel, Peter Torres, Kent Marlett, Fletcher Goldin, Susan Cyr National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec), Livermore Operations, has two optical radiation calibration laboratories accredited by the National Institute of […]

Beamex MCS200 Calibration Workstation

July 25, 2012 Office

Beamex introduces a new Modular Calibration System, MCS200. It is a modular test and calibration system for workshops and laboratories. MCS200 offers efficient and ergonomic possibilities for the maintenance of process instruments. The system can […]

Transcat Completes Acquisition of Anacor Compliance Services, Inc.

July 16, 2012 Office

ROCHESTER, NY, July 16, 2012 – Transcat, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRNS) (“Transcat” or the “Company”), a leading distributor of professional grade handheld test and measurement instruments and accredited provider of calibration, repair and other measurement services, […]

Crystal Engineering nVision Remote Recording Software Updates

July 9, 2012 Office

Crystal Engineering is releasing free firmware and software updates, allowing users to control recordings on the nVision Reference Recorder remotely from a PC. nVision’s Remote Recording enables users to start and stop recordings from the […]