Articles – Page 6 – Cal Lab Magazine

You never know, you know… ?

September 30, 2024 Office

by Dan Wiswell As a collector of antique test equipment, I have visited many antique shops over the years with the hope of stumbling upon something good. A few decades ago, there were plenty of […]

Don’t Run Your Calibration Lab Like Blockbuster

September 30, 2024 Michael Schwartz

One of the quotes I love is by Henry Ford: “If I asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” Another quote is from Neil deGrasse Tyson: “In the 1900s, horses […]

The Basics of Measurement, Traceability and ISO/IEC 17025

September 20, 2024 Office

by Martin de Groot & Peter van de Leemput (Jul-Sep 2009) Abstract: This paper deals with accreditation of calibration laboratories, considering that for many calibration technicians the step to accreditation is a significant border to […]

The Basics of Temperature Measurement

September 20, 2024 Office

by Martin de Groot & Erich Tegeler (Jan-Mar 2009) Abstract: This is the first in a series of papers about the basics of measurement. The subject, temperature, is basic by itself, because it is so […]

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, […]