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Optical Radiation Calibration
by Bob Angelo Rather than a step by step how to guide, the goal of this article is to provide a broad overview of the terms, instrumentation, applicable SI units, methods and just a few […]
Month: September 2024
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What a Long-Term Instrument Warranty Can Mean to a Calibration Operation
by Jesse Morse Most all test and measurement equipment (TME) come with some amount of warranty: 90 days, one year, etc. From the manufacturer’s perspective, it is simply to protect the buyer from having to […]
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A Quality Review: The Top 10 Best Papers for Life Science Calibration and Testing Laboratories
by Walter Nowocin In the past fifteen years, there have been many exceptional technical papers presented at the annual NCSL International Workshop and Symposium and the Measurement Science Conference. At Medtronic, we benefited from many […]
In Days of Old
You never know, you know… ?
by Dan Wiswell As a collector of antique test equipment, I have visited many antique shops over the years with the hope of stumbling upon something good. A few decades ago, there were plenty of […]
Automation Corner
Don’t Run Your Calibration Lab Like Blockbuster
One of the quotes I love is by Henry Ford: “If I asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Another quote is from Neil deGrasse Tyson: “In the 1900s, horses […]
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CHIPS for America Releases METIS Data Exchange Ecosystem for Supporting Metrology Innovation | NIST Updates
September 26, 2024 — Today, CHIPS for America released a beta version of the Metrology Exchange to Innovate in Semiconductors (METIS). A major milestone for the CHIPS Metrology Program, METIS will give stakeholders access to […]
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The Basics of Measurement, Traceability and ISO/IEC 17025
by Martin de Groot & Peter van de Leemput (Jul-Sep 2009) Abstract: This paper deals with accreditation of calibration laboratories, considering that for many calibration technicians the step to accreditation is a significant border to […]
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The Basics of Temperature Measurement
by Martin de Groot & Erich Tegeler (Jan-Mar 2009) Abstract: This is the first in a series of papers about the basics of measurement. The subject, temperature, is basic by itself, because it is so […]