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    WhyCalibrationofYourMeasuringInstrumentsisImportant
    Whatiscalibration?
    Calibrationisacomparisonbetweenaknownmeasurement(the
    standard)andthemeasurementusingyourinstrument.Typically,the
    accuracyofthestandardshouldbetentimestheaccuracyofthe
    measuringdevicebeingtested.However,accuracyratioof3:1is
    acceptablebymoststandardsorganizations.

    Calibrationofyourmeasuringinstrumentshastwoobjectives.Itchecks

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    theaccuracyoftheinstrumentanditdeterminesthetraceabilityofthe
    measurement.Inpractice,calibrationalsoincludesrepairofthedevice
    ifitisoutofcalibration.Areportisprovidedbythecalibrationexpert,
    whichshowstheerrorinmeasurementswiththemeasuringdevice
    beforeandafterthecalibration.

    Toexplainhowcalibrationisperformedwecanuseanexternal
    micrometerasanexample.Here,accuracyofthescaleisthemain
    parameterforcalibration.Inaddition,theseinstrumentsarealso
    calibratedforzeroerrorinthefullyclosedpositionandflatnessand
    parallelismofthemeasuringsurfaces.Forthecalibrationofthescale,a
    calibratedslipgaugeisused.Acalibratedopticalflatisusedtocheck
    theflatnessandparallelism.

    Whycalibrationisimportant?
    Theaccuracyofallmeasuringdevicesdegradeovertime.Thisis
    typicallycausedbynormalwearandtear.However,changesin
    accuracycanalsobecausedbyelectricormechanicalshockora
    hazardousmanufacturingenvironment(e.x.,oils,metalchipsetc.).
    Dependingonthetypeoftheinstrumentandtheenvironmentinwhich
    itisbeingused,itmaydegradeveryquicklyoroveralongperiodof
    time.Thebottomlineisthat,calibrationimprovestheaccuracyofthe
    measuringdevice.Accuratemeasuringdevicesimproveproduct
    quality.

    Whenshouldyoucalibrateyourmeasuringdevice?

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