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Effective Communication Between Customers and Their Labs

November 16, 2011 Office

By Heather A. Wade A customer may send equipment to a calibration vendor for calibration with the expectation of quickly receiving it calibrated. The only instructions sent with the equipment may be “please calibrate this.” […]

Fluke Calibration App Note – “Why Calibrate Test Equipment”

September 21, 2011 Office

Though we may understand why calibration is important, our customers (or even our own company’s leadership team) might not know the basics, like when calibration is required, or why it’s worth the trouble and expense. “Why calibrate […]

What’s Below the Iceberg: Determining the True Cost of Ownership of Test and Measurement Equipment

August 16, 2011 Office

By Duane Lowenstein Understanding the true cost of ownership of an asset is always hard, for Test and Measurement equipment, even harder. This difficulty is due to variables like calibration, technological life span, depreciation and […]

A Paperless Calibration Department

March 12, 2011 Office

by Jay Bucher As metrology/calibration departments need to comply with various requirements, such as 21 CFR Part 11 and ISO 13485, they find their processes increasingly need to be more dependent on electronic systems. The […]

Smart Grid Panel Agrees on Data-Exchange Standards for Electricity Usage

February 17, 2011 Admin

NIST News February 11, 2011 Washington, DC – The governing board of the public-private Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) has voted in favor of a new standard important for two-way data communications between utilities and […]

Evaluating and Documenting Substitution Inspection, Measuring & Test Equipment

October 1, 2010 Office

By Graeme C. Payne Many work environments require conformance to standards for quality management, laboratory quality and technical competence, government regulatory requirements, or legal requirements. These types of standards or requirements contain language requiring use […]

Metrology for a Competitive Advantage

April 1, 2010 Office

Metrology impacts the entire product life cycle (PLC). From R&D to product shipment, metrology systems and their data are used to: establish product specifications, determine if the results of a specific measurement conform to stated […]