Calibration guides for force and torque traceability

Project Description

The project will first update Calibration Guideline No. 4 "Guideline on Uncertainty of Force Measurements", giving clarification and additional information on the calibration procedure for calibration machines and incorporating diagrams and examples.

The project will then address the issue of traceability in torque calibration, giving guidance on the calibration of torque calibration machines, either as a modification to Calibration Guideline No.14 - Guideline on the Calibration of Static Torque Measuring Devices, or as a separate document.

See overview Calibration Guidelines

Final Report 2022-03-17

The work on the "Guidelines on the Uncertainty of Force Measurements" (Calibration Guide No.4) was completed in October 2021 and approved at the TC-M meeting. After some small modifications, it was then further approved by the EURAMET Board of Directors in February 2022 and published on the EURAMET website on 3 March 2022. It was subsequently decided to close this project and to address the development of a torque traceability guide within a separate project.

The guide can be downloaded here >>

Progress Report 2021-01-19

A revised draft of force Calibration Guideline No.4 was circulated in January 2020. Due to the number and nature of changes from the draft discussed at the previous meeting, it was agreed that this draft merited in-person discussion at the 2020 TC-M meeting – but this meeting was cancelled.
It is the current intention to finalise this draft at the 2021 TC-M meeting, after which the document should be in a fit state to issue. Work will then focus on the development of the corresponding torque calibration guidelines, for which a separate coordinator will need to be found.

Progress Report 2019-04-05

A revised draft of force guide cg-04 was circulated in November 2018. Further feedback has been received with comments to be reviewed on 10 April 2019. After any further amendments, the document should be in a fit state to issue. Work will then focus on the development of the corresponding torque calibration guidelines, for which a separate coordinator will need to be found.