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News Release from: Sira
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 June 2003
Faster turnaround for temperature
calibration
Sira Test and Certification has announced further levels of automation in its temperature calibration laboratory, which is based at Sira's Chislehurst headquarters.
Sira Test and Certification has announced further levels of automation in its temperature calibration laboratory, which is based at Sira's Chislehurst headquarters These increased levels of automation, along with a recent expansion in the range of calibration baths, has led to an improved throughput capability and hence faster turnaround times - even for work received on an ad-hoc basis
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 13 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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For customers requiring very rapid turnaround times Sira also offers an advanced booking service.
Sira has continued to develop its in-house software to monitor calibration bath gradients and fluctuations as well as establishing the point at which satisfactory equilibration of the instrument under test has occurred.
Like all other Sira calibration offerings, temperature measurement services are UKAS accredited and cover a broad range of electrical and mechanical instrumentation, including platinum resistance and liquid-in-glass thermometers, thermocouples and thermocouple systems, temperature indicators and dry block calibrators.
Each instrument calibrated by the Sira's laboratory receives the UKAS certificate stating the ITS-90 temperature, as well as the instrument indication (or output) and the appropriate measurement uncertainties.
The laboratory covers temperature calibration in the range 80§C to 1300C.
Uncertainties vary depending on the instrument under calibration, the method used and the calibration temperature.
Typically for the best equipment, the uncertainty will be 0.05C.
However, values can be as low as 0.012C at the triple point of water and will exceed 2C for thermocouples at 1300C.
As well as ad-hoc work Sira can offer a complete instrument management service for those companies with an extensive range of instruments.A broad range of training courses in calibration is also available.
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