Dissemination of the force unit in Italy: intercomparison results up to 20 kN

C. Ferrero
Abstract:
In the field of calibration, Italy participates to the European framework with SIT(Servizio di Taratura in Italia), which grants accreditation through the verification of the correctness of the calibration of the measurement instruments with reference to the National Standards maintained by the Metrological Institutes INRIM and ENEA.
One of the most important activities of the National Accreditation Body (NAB) is the organisation of a series of interlaboratory comparisons (ILC), at European (EA) and National level, to verify the measurements capability of the accredited laboratories.
In 2004 and In January-February 2005 ILCs, for the calibration of force transducers, were organised in Italy by the SIT with the INRiM (formerly IMGC-CNR and IEN) as pilot laboratory. At the experimental ILCs participated four accredited Calibration Laboratories. The relative deviation up to 20 kN of the calibration machines, from the INRIM standard deadweigh machines (DWM), were allways less than +/- 50 10–6.
Keywords:
load cell, transfer standard, intercomparison
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Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC3
Event name:
Cultivating Metrological Knowledge
Title:

20th Conference on Measurement of Force, Mass and Torque (together with 3rd TC16 Conference on Pressure Measurement & 1st TC22 Conference on Vibration Measurement)

Place:
Merida, MEXICO
Time:
27 November 2007 - 01 December 2007