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Trescal Acquires RS Calibration in California (USA)

May 24, 2018 Office

Paris, May 24th, 2018. Trescal, the international specialist in calibration services, announces the acquisition of RS Calibration, an A2LA accredited calibration, qualification and validation laboratory dedicated to the life science industry. Founded in 1995 and […]

Creating a Taxonomy for Metrology

April 3, 2018 Office

by Michael Schwartz This paper covers the progress of the MII (Measurement Information Infrastructure) effort to create a standard for expressing a calibration laboratory capabilities, ISO/IEC 17025 Scope of Accreditation (SoA) in a XML formatted […]

Making Smokestack Emissions Tests Better, Faster, Cheaper | NIST

February 28, 2018 Office

February 27, 2018 – Smokestacks at coal-fired power plants have sensors that continuously monitor their emissions by measuring the flow of gases such as carbon dioxide, mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides. By federal law, […]

Growth Opportunities in the Calibration and Repair Services Market, Forecast to 2022

February 16, 2018 Office

February 2018 – The calibration and repair services market in North America and Europe is anticipated to reach $3.98 billion by 2022, driven by the increase in quality awareness, greater adoption of metrology in the […]

History of Lowry PMEL School

December 14, 2017 Office

by Sita Schwartz, Editor For an industry outsider looking in, an awful lot of metrology technicians and metrologists have their background in the military. There’s a reason for that: Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratories (PMEL) schools […]

Metrology – Why We Do What We Do

September 11, 2017 Office

by Paul Hanssen It’s a familiar story. We’ve all been there. Your kids, wife, friends (and maybe even your dog) ask: “What is it you do again?” “Metrology,” you say. “Oh right, meteorology. Is it […]

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 […]

The Pendulum and Standards of Measure in the Ancient World

February 23, 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 […]