Secondary Pressure Standards are instruments that are used to calibrate other pressure instruments, but relies on a more stable primary pressure standard such as a dead weight tester to check that the required level of accuracy is maintained.
For example an electronic pressure calibrator that uses a pressure transducer inside would be classed as a secondary pressure standard because the pressure transducer output characteristics will change over time and use.
Featured pressure calibration products
100 bar / 1,500 psi Hand Operated Pressure Calibration Pump – ADT918 - The 918 Pneumatic Pressure Test Pump is a hand operated pressure pump designed to generate pressure from 95% vacuum to 1,500psi (100bar).
60 psi / 4 bar Low Pressure Calibration Pump – ADT912 - Set precise calibration air pressures from 95% vacuum up to 4 bar / 60 psi.
Glossary of Calibration technical terms
- BSL – Best Straight Line
- Compensated Temperature Range
- Dead Weight Tester
- NPL – National Physical Laboratory
- PPM – Parts Per Million
- Primary Pressure Reference Standard
- Span Offset
- Traceable Calibration
- TSL – Terminal Straight Line
- UKAS – The United Kingdom Accreditation Service
- UKAS Calibration Certificate
- Zero Offset
- Zero Tare
Help from Calibration resources
- Determining calibration error of Bourdon tube pressure gauge
- What is the difference between zero offset and zero drift?
