Articles – Page 10 – Cal Lab Magazine

The Hidden Cost of Hardware Upgrades

December 31, 2022 Michael Schwartz

For years, I have been advocating and teaching the advantages of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and why we, in the metrology industry, need to move away from script-based programming for automation. This often involves explaining […]

Force Calibration Guidance for Beginners

August 18, 2022 Office

by Henry Zumbrun Morehouse Instrument Company has shared a tremendous amount of knowledge throughout the years with blogs, technical papers, and webinars. This education aligns with our purpose, to create a safer world by helping […]

Practitioner’s Perspective on the GUM Revision, Part I: Two Key Problems and Solutions

August 18, 2022 Office

by Hening Huang As a practitioner in the field of measurement science, the author strongly concurs in the need for revision of the GUM (Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement), as it has […]

U.S. Calibration Occupation Demographics

August 18, 2022 Office

by Christopher Grachanen While researching to determine if calibration occupations had been included in the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOC), I came across a May 2021 DOL report with a wealth […]

Ghosts in the Landscape

August 18, 2022 Office

by Dan Wiswell Growing up in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts I have always been aware of the mills that are in my area. I knew at an early age the difference between an old […]

Ultra-Fast Development of Automated Calibration Procedures

August 18, 2022 Michael Schwartz

My last Automation Corner was about Model Driven Engineering, and this one is an example of how Model Driven Engineering makes software development easier and faster. Over the past 25 years of writing automated calibration […]

GPS Receiver Calibration: Why Is It Necessary

July 25, 2022 Office

by Nadya Goldovsky Measurement uncertainty for a GPS receiver depends on the receiver’s design and on the measurement method used. The majority of clients’ GPS receivers operate with C/A code and use the one-way method […]

Project LiBforSecUse: Quality Assessment of Electric Vehicle Lithium Ion Batteries for Second Use Applications

May 12, 2022 Office

by Stanislav Mašláň, Gareth Hinds, Mohamed Ouameur, Frédéric Overney This paper introduces the European project LiBforSecUse, which is focused on metrology requirements for impedance spectroscopy of commercial Li-ion cells for second life applications. It focuses […]