2026 – Page 2 – Cal Lab Magazine

IndySoft Empowers the Technician with Launch of Scales

April 15, 2026 Office

CHARLESTON, S.C. (April 15, 2026) — IndySoft, the global leader in calibration and asset management software, today announced the launch of IndySoft Scales, a mobile calibration app that is touch-optimized, voice-enabled, and offline-first. The platform […]

An ISO/IEC 17025 2017 Software Assessment Tool on Steroids

March 23, 2026 Office

By Christopher L. Grachanen The National Association for Proficiency Testing (NAPT) is pleased to announce a major upgrade to its ‘NAPT 17025:2017 Lookup Tool’, hereby referred to as the tool. The tool’s original functionality was […]

KBR’s Mission Technology Solutions Launches New Phoenix Lab to Advance Precision Measurement for High-Tech Industries

March 17, 2026 Office

Publish date Tue, 03/17/2026 – 12:00 KBR announced today the opening of its new Phoenix Metrology Engineering Center, an internationally accredited 4,500-square-foot facility providing advanced measurement, precision calibration and engineering services to commercial and national […]

Surface Roughness and Roundness Measurement: How to Know What Your Gage Can (and Can’t) Measure

March 4, 2026 Office

by Mike Zecchino, Jeff Dax, and Mark Cobb Many instruments can be used to measure surface roughness and texture—from handheld gages to ultra-precise interferometers and 3D optical profilers. But not all instruments are intended for […]

The Quality System at INRiM: A Research and National Metrology Institute

March 4, 2026 Office

by Flavio Galliana, Adelina Leka and Luigi Iacomini The Quality Management System (QMS) of the Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM), Italy, deals with calibration and measurement activities in accordance with the Mutual Recognition Arrangement […]

Automating Calibration with LabVIEW: A Practical Guide for Calibration Laboratories – 3rd Continuum

March 4, 2026 Office

by Ajayvignesh Manonmani Velumani Digital Calibration Certificates (DCCs) are reshaping calibration documentation by turning certificates into structured, machine-readable data that can be searched, analyzed, and trusted digitally—rather than stored as static PDFs or paper records. […]

Gemini generated illustration of a jumble of cords.

Working with Difficult Equipment

March 4, 2026 Michael Schwartz

I’m currently writing some automation for a piece of equipment I would classify as difficult to communicate with! And like you should never end a sentence with a preposition, this particular piece of equipment, every […]

Photo of the International Space Station.

Space: The Final Frontier for Standards | NIST News

February 19, 2026 Office

Wrapped snugly in a custom container, seven carefully chosen materials left Earth on Aug. 24, 2025, traveling at 17,500 mph. Nestled at the top of a Falcon 9 rocket, house dust, freeze-dried human liver and […]