Metrology – Calibration and Metrological Verification – Level 1

Ref : INSTR_04
DURATION :
06 DAYS

Objectives

  • Have a global view on the measurement and calibration of laboratory instruments.
  • Learn the criteria of accuracy and quality for a chain of measurement.
  • Knowing how to choose, methods and means of control and measures
  • Metrological Certificates and Measurements traceability Mutual recognition
  • Master the causes and sources of measurement instrument error
  • Understand the importance of standards and requirements in the industry

Public

  • Engineers and Laboratory Technicians
  • Anyone concerned with measurement and calibration of measuring instruments.

1.GENERAL

  • Metrology (legal, industrial and scientific)
  • The measurement of a physical quantity
  • Vocabulary of measurement
  • International System of international System Units
  • Base Units, Derivatives and Additional Units
  • Application Exercises

 

  1. ERROR OF MEASUREMENT
  • Measurement and Metering
  • Errors and uncertainties Concepts
  • Systematic and random error
  • Quality of a chain of measurement
  • Mastery of measurement processes
  • Measurement Equipment
  • Analysis of the causes of errors and uncertainties of a measurement
  • Application Exercises

 

  1. REGULATION AND STANDARDS
  • Standards Bodies and Legal Metrology
  • Metrological Standards
  • Type of standards
  • Primitive and periodic inspection
  • Examples of the Application Standards
  1. METROLOGICAL CONTROL AND CALIBRATION
  • Regulation Instrumentation
  • Calibration of an instrument (direct and indirect) Confirmation and tolerance zone
  • Metrological traceability
  • Certificate copy
  1. THE METROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
  • Range of measurement and scale
  • Zero measurement and profitability
  • Caliber and accuracy class
  • Sensitivity and linearity
  • Application Exercises
  1. SENSOR AND MEASURING INSTRUMENT
  • Sensor OF MEASUREMENT
  • Sensors Types (active - passive)
  • Transmitter
  • Signal standard 4-20mA
  • Transmitter Electrical connector
  • The 475 Field Communicator
  • Application exercises
  1. EXPERIMENTAL PRACTICE
  • Calibration of the temperature probe pt100
  • Standards used
  • Accuracy test
  • Actual results

Teaching Materials

  • Video Projection
  • Technical document delivered during the training