CHECKING OUT THOUSANDS of instruments and calibrating them prior to installation in new power plants is largely a manual job. Documentation of instrument calibrations is also usually done manually. In ...

What is calibration and why is it needed? Calibration is the process by which a quantitative measuring instrument is manipulated to respond and indicate a certain range of acceptable values. Accurate ...

Calibration instruments use electrical signals or physical quantities to calibrate sensors and meters. Calibrators can be broadly classified based on their function, and further classified by the type ...

The Instrument Calibration & Maintenance System (ICMS) from Autoscribe Informatics keeps a computerised record of all instruments within a laboratory and a history of calibration and maintenance ...

Laboratory and calibration gases are used as standards (for reference purposes), as well as for detection, sample preparation, environmental monitoring, and analysis applications. According to Kin-Tek ...

The key to accurate readings is calibration, says OSHA, and the agency notes the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) recommends, at a minimum, verification of sensor accuracy before each ...

Like many of you, I have a bench full of electronic instruments. The newest is my Rigol oscilloscope, only a few years old, while the oldest is probably my RF signal generator that dates from some ...

NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley houses a unique laboratory: the Airborne Sensor Facility (ASF). The engineers at the ASF are responsible for building, maintaining, and operating numerous ...

Oxygen deficiencies, explosive atmospheres, and exposure to toxic gases and vapors injure or kill hundreds of workers every year during confined space entry procedures. The atmospheric conditions that ...

A multichannel oscilloscope calibration system, the Fluke 9500C automates time-consuming testing to maintain scope accuracy and reliability. The 9500C provides simultaneous output on all channels and ...