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Notes on calibration

Practical notes for instrument workshops and the people who audit them.

  1. · 5 min read

    As found and as left: what each reading tells you

    Why a calibration records two sets of readings, what each one is for, and how to read them together.

  2. · 6 min read

    Setting calibration intervals from your own history

    How to start with a sensible interval and adjust it with the as-found results your instruments actually produce.

  3. · 4 min read

    What an expired calibrator certificate really costs

    Traceability runs through the calibrator. When its certificate lapses, every calibration made with it is in question.