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Typically we calibrate all of our manufactured products in-house to known traceable standards. We are developing a new product that would have extensive capital costs if we were to purchase the equipment to calibrate it ourselves. We have an equally expensive option to send out each product to be calibrated by a third party. The supplier of the sensor which is the main component in the product can supply us a with a calibration certificate. If we can prove the inherent design of the product in no way alters the performance of the sensor, can we simply translate the sensor calibration data to our own certificate. Incidentally, we will have the capability to check each sensor against other known standards that are approximately as accurate. Unfortunately these other standards do not meet our corporate target of a 4:1 ratio.