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IAS Personnel Certification Body Accreditation under ISO/IEC Standard 17024 is First to be Recognized by Pacific Accreditation Cooperation

May 31, 2016 Office
The International Accreditation Service (IAS) is the first accreditation body globally to have its Personnel Certification Body (commonly abbreviated as ‘PCB’ or ‘Persons’) accreditation program recognized under the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC). This is a […]
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May 17, 2016 Michael Schwartz
I was recently on the road visiting my customers both new and old. During this trip I also wanted to check in with those customers we quoted but never got an actual purchase order from. […]
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Using Robotic Comparators in Mass Calibration

May 16, 2016 Office
by Mettler Toledo Calibrating a weight of unknown mass requires comparison to a known reference. It’s not as simple as it sounds, however, particularly when manufacturing weights or establishing metrology standards. During manual calibration, everything […]
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3 Bar Vs. 2 Bar Universal Calibrating Machines Comparison Test

May 16, 2016 Office
by Henry Zumbrun There has been ongoing debate as to whether or not a hydraulic force machine that applies the force simultaneously to both the reference standard and the unit under test is more repeatable […]
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The Effects of Loading Pad Hardness on the Calibration Results of Force Transducers

May 16, 2016 Office
by Ebtisam H. Hassan, R. Hegazy, Gouda M. Mahmoud Common practice in the use of force proving instruments, such as load cells, has been to use loading pads to maintain the safety for the load […]
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10 Things to Know About Achieving ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation

May 16, 2016 Office
by Rob Miller For organizations searching for options to differentiate their services, often times the most suitable way of achieving this is through accreditation to published standards such as ISO/IEC 17025.  This outside evaluation based […]
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NPL News – Creator of the moving coil watt balance passes away

May 6, 2016 Office
Dr Kibble worked at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) from 1967 to 1998 as an experimental physicist. He was instrumental in reshaping the International System of Units (SI), and is best known for his conception […]
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