STABILITY OF THE 32 MN FORCE CALIBRATION MACHINE AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

Andrei Marinescu, Gheorghe Opran, Dorin Popa, Amritlal Sawla, Günther Haucke

Abstract

In 1997 the High Force Calibration Laboratory from ICMET Craiova was accredited by DKD. The laboratory has a metrological test and calibration machine for the range 0.5 MN to 32 MN and the traceability to the German standard is ensured by means of periodic checks with 2 MN, 5 MN and 16 MN transfer standards of PTB and 2 MN and 10 MN transfer standards of ICMET.
The paper contains a short presentation of the 32 MN machine, the results of its periodical checks performed within 1995-2002. A special attention is paid to the tests performed in 2001 with 2 MN and 16 MN PTB transfer standards according to EN 10000/3-94 and DKD procedure, as well as the tests of measuring equipment used in industrial applications. The aim of these tests was to check the long-term stability of the metrological performances of the machine reference measuring system.

Keywords

measurement uncertainty, force calibration machine, transfer standards

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