Peer review of VSL's impedance measurement facilities

Project Description

A peer review of the Electrical Laboratory of VSL, in accordance with document CIPM 2007-25, will be carried out by a technical expert from PTB, covering the fields capacitance, inductance. The review is intended to support the existing CMCs of VSL, (published in Appendix C of the CIPM-MRA).

The following aspects of the laboratory's operation will be assessed:

- Qualifications and technical capabilities of staff ordinarily performing the services, and their supervisors
- Control and monitoring of environmental conditions
- Calibration and measurement methods, uncertainty estimations and method validation
- Suitability of equipment and equipment maintenance programs
- Measurement traceability
- Methods used for assuring the quality of measurements and calibrations
- Content and format of calibration / measurement reports
- Technical records that demonstrate that the claimed uncertainties have been ordinarily achieved

Final Report 2010-10-21

On 6 and 7 April 2009, a peer review of the Electrical Laboratory of VSL, in accordance with document CIPM 2007-25, has been carried out by Dr. Jürgen Melcher from PTB, covering the fields capacitance and inductance. The review was organized to support the existing CMCs of VSL, (published in Appendix C of the CIPM-MRA).

The following aspects of the laboratory's operation will be assessed:

The findings and observations from this review have been documented in a report. Where necessary, VSL has taken corrective actions that have been reported to the reviewer.

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