Traceable Calibration is carried out using equipment that is regularly calibrated by a reference source that can be traced back to a national or international standard.
The calibration certificate produced should show details of the calibration equipment used and its serial number.
If an audit is carried out on a traceable calibration certificate it should be possible to follow the hierarchy of calibration equipment within a organisation and ultimately to an external primary calibration standard which is controlled by a government appointed metrology organisation such as UKAS and NIST.
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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
- Secondary Pressure Standard
- Span Offset
- 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?
