Legal, Dynamic and Deterministic Metrology: Metrology with ISO 9000 Conformity

Course Contents:

Requirements of ISO 9000 Standards for Test and Measuring Equipment

• Introduction to, and Relevance of, Metrology
• History of ISO 9000 Standards
• Requirements of ISO 9001: 2000

Exploring Fundamental Concepts of Metrology

• Calibration of Measurement and test Equipment
• Recalibration Intervals
• Sealing Adjusting Mechanisms
• Handling and Storing of Test Measurement Equipment
• Documenting Calibration Results
• Uncovering Out-Of-Calibration State

Linear and Angular Measurements

• Length Measurement
• Calibration of Dimensional Standards and Measuring Instruments
• 'Angular' Measurement

Mass Measurements

• Primary Standards and SI Units
• Secondary and Working Standards
• Mass and Weight
• Mass Standards
• Types and Classes of Mass Measurement
• Industrial Weighing Systems
• Accuracy Classes of Balances
• Calibration of Balances

Pressure Measurements

• SI and Other Units
• Absolute, Gauge and Differential Pressure Modes
• Primary Standards
• Spinning Ball Gauge Standard
• Secondary Standards
• Working Standards
• Pressure Measuring Instruments
• Calibration of Pressure Standards and Instruments

Measurement of Force

• SI and Other Units of Measurement
• PRIMARY Standard
• Secondary Standards
• Force Measuring Instruments
• Calibration of Force Standards and Test Instruments

Measurement of Temperature

• SI and Units
• Thermodynamic Scale
• Practical Temperature Scales
• International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90)
• Industrial Thermometers
• Calibration of Thermometers

Electrical Measurement Standard

• SI Units
• PRIMARY Standards
• Secondary Standards
• Working Standards
• Calibration of a Multifunction Calibrator
• Calibration of Multimeters and other Instruments

Uncertainty of Measurements

• Fundamental Concepts
• Recommendations of ISO Guide
• Examples of Uncertainty Calibrations
• Other relevant Issues Associated with Metrology