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Software is Cheaper Labor

January 25, 2019 Michael Schwartz

Over the years I have watched several labs go through the decision process to purchase new hardware. Most labs have the same process: look at the work load requiring the new hardware, and calculate the […]

No Faking Automation

November 5, 2018 Office

by Michael Schwartz Automation has its own quality system automatically built in. When software performs the same test, the same way over and over again, it can’t be wrong. There is no fake it till […]

Calculating the Frequency Response of an Oscilloscope from a Transition Duration Measurement

November 5, 2018 Office

by Donald Larson Many digital oscilloscopes have the capability of acquiring, displaying, and storing a digitized representation (the waveform) of an electrical signal. This digitization creates data, the waveform samples, that have discrete amplitude values […]

In Focus: Colorado Engineering Experiment Station (CEESI)

November 5, 2018 Sita Schwartz

by Sita Schwartz, Editor The Colorado Engineering Experiment Station, Inc. (CEESI), a subsidiary of Western Energy Support & Technology, Inc. (WEST), provides accredited NIST traceable calibration for numerous types of flow meters for customers around […]

A Comparison of Deadweight Testers and Digital Pressure Calibrators

June 27, 2018 Office

by Sean Nielson When choosing which instrument to use when calibrating pressure, the two most popular choices are deadweight testers and digital pressure gauges/calibrators with a pressure comparator. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. The […]

Software is Cheaper Labor

No Faking Automation

Calculating the Frequency Response of an Oscilloscope from a Transition Duration Measurement

In Focus: Colorado Engineering Experiment Station (CEESI)

A Comparison of Deadweight Testers and Digital Pressure Calibrators

More on the t-Interval Method and Mean-Unbiased Estimator for Measurement Uncertainty Estimation

A Risk Based Approach to Calibration Laboratory Infrastructure Modernization

Calibrating a Micropipette