CHECKING OUT THOUSANDS of instruments and calibrating them prior to installation in new power plants is largely a manual job. Documentation of instrument calibrations is also usually done manually. In ...

Alpha Controls & Instrumentation is pleased to announce the launch of its new Equipment Rental Program, expanding the company's portfolio of instrumentation, calibration, validation, and measurement ...

What is calibration and why is it needed? Calibration is the process by which a quantitative measuring instrument is manipulated to respond and indicate a certain range of acceptable values. Accurate ...

The Instrument Calibration & Maintenance System (ICMS) from Autoscribe Informatics keeps a computerised record of all instruments within a laboratory and a history of calibration and maintenance ...

The key to accurate readings is calibration, says OSHA, and the agency notes the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) recommends, at a minimum, verification of sensor accuracy before each ...

On-line monitoring techniques have been under development over the past two decades for a variety of applications in process and power industries. In the nuclear power industry, on-line monitoring ...

Like many of you, I have a bench full of electronic instruments. The newest is my Rigol oscilloscope, only a few years old, while the oldest is probably my RF signal generator that dates from some ...

Accurate, reliable, and repeatable operation of monitoring and control loops in industrial automation and control systems (IACSs) is vital to maintaining the safety and reliability of a production ...

A multichannel oscilloscope calibration system, the Fluke 9500C automates time-consuming testing to maintain scope accuracy and reliability. The 9500C provides simultaneous output on all channels and ...

NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley houses a unique laboratory: the Airborne Sensor Facility (ASF). The engineers at the ASF are responsible for building, maintaining, and operating numerous ...