Product category:
Calibration and Testing Services, Consultancy and Learning
News Release from: Bruel and Kjaer UK | Subject: Sound and vibration calibration service
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 June 2004
Sound and vibration calibration service
activated
International sound and vibration instrumentation specialist is enhancing its UK Service Centre to provide a number of special calibration services, including calibration at high temperatures.
International sound and vibration instrumentation specialist, Bruel and Kjaer, is enhancing its UK Service Centre in Stevenage, Hertfordshire to provide a number of special calibration services The special services offered by Bruel and Kjaer's UK Service Centre include: Calibration at high temperatures - provides calibrations at customer specified temperatures in the range - 60 to +265degC and the frequency range 20 to 630Hz
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 23 Apr 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Software helps detect insulation problems
Immediate on-screen analysis of sound insulation, using Bruel and Kjaer's new BZ-7228 building acoustics software, means that problem partitions can now be quickly identified on site
Noise dose meter data collected, analysed
Noise dose meter enables statistical analysis of noise levels to establish a general 'picture' of the noise situation, showing where excessive exposures stem from.
Shock calibration - performs a shock calibration in the range 20 to 1000g and is traceable and fully documented.
Low frequency calibration - a LF calibration carried out under the Centre's UKAS accreditation and operating in the 1 to 20Hz range.
Calibration of transducers with TEDS - enables calibration data for transducers with TEDS (Transducer Electronic Data Sheet) to be updated with new sensitivity and calibration date information.
Further reading
High shock resistant accelerometers
DC response accelerometers can withstand high mechanical shocks of up to 10 000g and have been gas-damped
DC response accelerometers withstand shock
Bruel and Kjaer has launched a range of versatile DC Response Accelerometers suitable for testing dynamic acceleration effects on a number of applications.
Bruel and Kjaer's UK Service Centre runs different UKAS accredited calibration laboratories supporting a comprehensive range of sound and vibration instrumentation including accelerometers, sound level meters, microphones and artificial ears from various suppliers including Bruel and Kjaer and Endevco products.
A feature of the UK Service Centre is a Vibration Laboratory equipped to calibrate accelerometers and associated signal conditioning equipment.
The UK Service Centre also runs an Acoustic Laboratory that focuses on the acoustic calibration of products such as sound level meters, microphones and artificial ears.
The Centre's Calibration Certificate is in accordance with the requirements of UKAS and EA (European Accreditation).
Fulfilling ISO requirements the Centre maintains and proves traceability to NPL, PTB, DPLA and NIST as well as offering compliance with standards and implementing customer defined calibrations.
The UK Service Centre, which provide a world-class calibration and repair service to match Bruel and Kjaer's world-class product range, offers customers the following service capabilities: Priority calibration and repair; primary accelerometer calibration; sound level meters, microphones and instrumentation calibration; fixed price repair and estimates; tailor-made service agreements as well as the ability to calibrate third party accelerometers.
Bruel and Kjaer has been active in the calibration business for more than 25 years and has become a centre of excellence in the calibration of sound and vibration instrumentation.
Customers of the UK Service Centre also benefit from its close links with the Bruel and Kjaer Service Centre in Naerum, Denmark that supports the UK centre with its extensive technical expertise, spare parts inventory and service facilities.
• Bruel and Kjaer UK: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Manufacturingtalk email newsletter
• Manufacturingtalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
