Articles – Page 6 – Cal Lab Magazine

The Business of Calibration: The Role of Marketing & Customer Service

September 3, 2024 Office

by Greg Powell, B.S., M.B.A. The calibration laboratory is increasingly viewed as a business operation. In-house labs are called on to justify their expenses relative to the cost of a commercial lab. Commercial laboratories are […]

Thermistor Calibration for High Accuracy Measurements

July 26, 2024 Office

by Terry Nagy Technicians and engineers often use thermistors to measure temperature in applications which require high accuracy. Thermistors operate by changing resistance as their temperature changes in a very predictable but non-linear way. This […]

Selecting a Reputable Proficiency Test Provider

July 26, 2024 Office

by Christopher L. Grachanen A proficiency test (PT) is a blind test to participants that is intended to prove or disprove participant’s measurement or testing competence. Any action that breaks the integrity of that process […]

IECEE Ruling and Its Impact on Internal Calibration Laboratories

July 26, 2024 Office

by Tim Osborne In this article, we aim to identify why and in what ways the IECEE changed its ruling on internal calibrations, share some of the major pros and cons of performing internal calibrations, […]

Metrology Digitalization Workshop

July 26, 2024 Michael Schwartz

Last week, I had the privilege of presenting at NCSLI’s first annual “Metrology Digitalization Workshop,” a significant milestone in our field. I couldn’t help but reflect on the journey we’ve taken since 2002, when my […]

How Low Can My Load Cell Go?

May 15, 2024 Office

by Henry Zumbrun, Morehouse Instrument Company Load cells are subject to numerous factors that can affect their performance. Some factors include the design of the load cell, the readout used with the load cell, environmental […]

Deconvolution-Based Time Response Measurement for Wideband Power Sensors

May 15, 2024 Office

by Lichun Wang & Yifan Zhang, Keysight Technologies In time response tests involving “non-ideal” pulse-modulated signals for wideband power sensor characterization, result correction becomes essential. Traditionally, the Root Sum Square (RSS) calculation is employed for […]

Remote Debugging in the 21st Century

May 15, 2024 Michael Schwartz

Now that more jobs have a “work from home” aspect, I thought I would focus this Automation Corner on how debugging has changed over the years. Back in the late 1990s, I first started working […]