I work for a 17025 accredited lab in Southern Indiana who tests and calibrates scales and balances at customer's sites. I was approached last year to set up a mass calibration lab and gain 17025 accreditation for it as well. The mass lab is now up and running and I have been handed the task of further expansion.

We are interested in including dimensional, additional mechanical, Electrical (including RF and microwave), thermodynamics, time & frequency and chemical to our scope.

I am fairly new to the 17025 calibration lab environment and have no idea what's needed (standards, equipment and procedures) to handle the above mentioned items.

I am interested in visiting a fully funtioning lab (17025 accredited, of course) and possibly shadowing the operations for a week. I am not interested in any administrative or auditing procedures.... we have all that covered. I am only interested in the technical aspects of the lab.

We are fully prepared to pay the hosting lab for the opportunity and can also offer advice on weighing device calibration and testing as well as mass calibration practices and procedures.


Any help on this issue is greatly appreciated.

daniel

If your mass lab is already accredited, you are halfway home in terms of your management system structure.....now concentrate on the technical.

Don't forget your uncertainty studies.....

If you buy Fluke standards for the electronic, then you can likely use the TCAL +/- 5 C, 1 Year Absolute Uncertainty value for most of the electronic.

To include Time/Frequency, depending on the BMCs you want, it can get expensive.....RF/Microwave is certainly expensive.....just some warning there.....for Chemical, you get into additional training and maybe certification issues.....

Double-check with your accrediting body for any specific requirements that they may have.....mind sharing which AB you are using?

Double-check with your accrediting body for any specific requirements that they may have.....mind sharing which AB you are using?

Our AB is ACLASS.

After cramming mass uncertainty theory into my head for two years, BMC is the one thing that I am comfortable with.

I am just looking for help with standards, equipment and procedures.

Might I suggest a quick trip to Hartland Michigan, where Dynamic Technology has their state of the art lab? I have know the owner for a number of years and he has just the best lab I've ever been in. I'm certain they'd accommodate you. Check their website and scope (I think it's there too)