March 2022 – Cal Lab Magazine

A material measure for optical surface measurement – PTB.de

March 8, 2022 Office

PTnews 1.2022 – The measurement responses of optical measuring devices to surface topography can be described by the instrument transfer function (ITF). At PTB, a novel material measure has been developed to characterize two-dimensional instrument […]

Quantum-calibrated magnetic force microscopy – PTB.de

March 8, 2022 Office

PTBnews 1.2022 – A classical measurement system for measuring magnetic field distributions, which vary spatially on the nanometer scale, was calibrated by means of an atomic quantum sensor for the first time. This new calibration […]

Software for equalizing ultrasound signals – PTB.de

March 8, 2022 Office

PTBnews 1.2022 – With its interactive software that can be used to correct measured ultrasound signals, PTB is intending to make its signal deconvolution procedure available to a larger group of users and thus to […]

Ralston Process Meter LC30

March 4, 2022 Office

The new Process Meter LC30 is a reference-grade digital gauge that’s optimized for fixed installation in panels and enclosures. With impressive +/-0.1% full scale accuracy, intuitive controls, and convenient design features for easy installation, there’s […]

Overview of the ISO/IEC 17025 Revision Process

March 3, 2022 Office

by Diana Baldi & Heather A. Wade ISO standards are considered the top of the global standards hierarchy. This means that ISO standards supersede regional or national standards, where an equivalent ISO standard exists. All […]

ENOB: The Best Digitizer Perfomance Metric

March 3, 2022 Office

by Andrew Dawson, Ph.D. While the nominal vertical resolution of a high-speed waveform digitizer (specified in bits) is often promoted, its true performance is provided by its measured Dynamic Parameters and in particular by its […]

Additive Manufacturing: New Frontiers for Production & Validation

March 3, 2022 Office

by Peter de Groot Over the last few decades, additive manufacturing (AM)/3D printing has fundamentally changed the way that manufacturers approach product development. Industry is now almost universally aware of the term rapid prototyping, using […]

Metrology Across the Ages

March 3, 2022 Office

by Dan Wiswell I’m not sure when it occurred exactly, but sometime during the age of reason there used to be an educated group of people that were called philosophers. The term itself defined these […]