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Navy Whistleblower Raised More Alleged Safety Violations at Aircraft Maintenance Facility Before Being Fired – Washington Free Beacon

July 17, 2017 Office

A whistleblower who uncovered life-threatening fuel risks to Navy pilots and others was raising new safety complaints before managers fired him in early June. Glenn Schwarz, a civilian aeronautical-engineering technician, says his civilian managers placed […]

Morehouse Digital Force Gauges

July 6, 2017 Office

York, PA – July 6, 2017 – Morehouse Instrument Company has introduced new types of Digital Force Gauges. These new digital gauges offer improved performance and accuracy specifications. Compared to a typical analog ring force gauge with […]

Multiphase harmonisation project now underway | NEL

July 6, 2017 Office

Wednesday, July 05, 2017 – A major research study that will enhance flow metrology across Europe is underway. The project, which is being co-ordinated by NEL, is part of this year’s European Metrology Programme for […]

New Measurement Will Help Redefine International Unit of Mass | NIST

June 30, 2017 Office

Using a state-of-the-art device for measuring mass, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made their most precise determination yet of Planck’s constant, an important value in science that will help […]

Weigh Standard Assessment – Calibrating Liquid Flow Instruments Beyond +5 °C to +90 °C

June 21, 2017 Office

by Richard Fertell, Hamed Ershad, York Xu, Osborne Gumbs, & Tammy Tran This article is the second of a series describing how to perform liquid flow rate calibrations at fluid temperatures below +5 °C and […]

What is Measurement Risk?

June 21, 2017 Office

by Henry A. Zumbrun Imagine that a satellite is launched into space and communications are intermittent. This happens because the satellite is wobbling, which causes connection problems in the receiver. The cause of the wobbling […]

Chapter Two: The Pendulum and Standards of Measure in the Ancient World

June 21, 2017 Office

by Roland A. Boucher When the French proposed their first metric system in 1723, they had no idea it had been invented by the ancient Mesopotamians 5000 years earlier. Just as the French proposed to […]

A Standard Text File Format for the Exchange of Cal Data Required for Analysis

June 21, 2017 Office

by Dr. Alex Lepek The purpose of this paper is to initiate standardization between calibration labs and users of the file for exchanging calibration data. Experience has it that to agree upon a file that […]