It's no secret that to ensure the proper functioning of many industries, their equipment needs to be properly calibrated and a regular calibration schedule is implemented. Accurate measurement is always the key to the success of any manufacturing and production process. However, not every device can be sent to a calibration laboratory for calibration on a regular basis. Therefore, the establishment of a mobile calibration laboratory, or "laboratory on wheels", helps to gain more customers and ensures that more measuring equipment is calibrated.
How to set up a mobile calibration lab
Expanding calibration services to include mobile calibration labs requires careful planning, preparation, and execution to ensure labs that meet industry standards and are available anytime, anywhere. To set up a mobile calibration laboratory, you need to follow these steps:
1. Determine the scope of on-site calibration services
2. Choose the right equipment
3. Ensure compliance
4. Choose the right vehicle
5. Implement appropriate security measures
6. Develop a transportation plan
7. Hire qualified personnel
8. Be prepared
First, determine the scope of on-site calibration services
What kind of calibration and certification will you provide. This will help determine the next steps, the type of equipment and standards that need to be purchased, as well as the qualifications and certifications that the technician needs to hold.
Choose and buy the right equipment
Now that you've decided on the scope of your services, it's time to stock up on the equipment you need to move your calibration lab. and purchase or acquire all necessary equipment and tools, including calibrators, calibration standards, and measuring instruments.
Think carefully about how many items a technician needs to take with them, or how many items they need to carry when they arrive on site
A 55X0A next-generation high-performance multi-product calibrator and an 85x8A standard digital multimeter are on the list, which can handle a wide range of calibration objects and calibration ranges, making it easier for laboratories to achieve more types of work without adding more equipment. There are enough things to worry about and consider when it comes to building and equipping a mobile calibration lab; The last thing you want to think about is the standard itself.
Software should also be included in the required equipment
You need measurement equipment management and auto-calibration software, MET/TEAM® and MET/CAL®, to control the data collected in each on-site calibration service and enable automated calibration. Measurement equipment management software also helps organizations manage measurement equipment calibration procedures for individual approved applications, making them more accessible.
Ensure compliance
You need to establish a quality management system, including mobile calibration, to meet the customer's calibration requirements and comply with relevant standards such as ISO/IEC 17025, ANSI/NCSL Z540-1 and NIST or the appropriate national standards. It is important to ensure that laboratories are accredited and technicians are properly trained and accredited.
Choose the right transport vehicle
The vehicle you choose should be large enough to accommodate technicians, equipment, and supplies, and be reliable and easy to maintain. Consider the size of the equipment you are carrying, how it needs to be arranged, and the number of technicians working in the car. Often, vans are ideal because they can accommodate all personnel and equipment.
Plan for appropriate security measures
It is important to implement appropriate measures to ensure the safety of technicians, customers, and equipment. This includes, but is not limited to, proper training of technicians, regular inspection of equipment, and the availability of fire extinguishers and first aid kits on vehicles.
The customer's security requirements also need to be considered
When you go to a customer's job site, you need to make sure that you follow the customer's rules and regulations. Order personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety equipment based on job site requirements.
Always use caution when transporting equipment
There's a lot of information on best practices for shipping mobile calibration lab equipment, and it's important to keep it in mind from the start. Ensure that calibrators, standards, and test equipment are not damaged during transportation. Research carrying cases, shock-absorbing pads, stationary equipment to prevent movement, and avoid extreme temperatures or weather conditions.
Ensuring that mobile calibration labs are capable of performing on-site calibrations requires the hiring of qualified and qualified personnel
Ensure that staff have the skills and experience to perform calibration and maintain a quality management system.
Be as prepared as you can
When asked to carry out calibration work, the entire process needs to be considered. This means planning for long trips, hotel stays, daily expenses, and vehicles in case the customer's location isn't within drive.
Recommended products
1 5560A/5550A/5540A new generation multi-product calibrator
Key features and selling points:
• It has a variety of high-precision analog signal outputs such as voltage, current, power, resistance, capacitance, inductance, thermocouple/RTD simulation, etc., and calibrates a wide range of electrical products
• DCV output accuracy up to 7.5μV/V (12V, 99%), 6μV/V (12V, 95%)
• 30 A maximum continuous current output and can be configured with a 52120A amplifier and calibration coil to extend the AC/DC range up to 6000A
• Multiple oscilloscope calibration options with bandwidth up to 2.1 GHz
• Equipped with a large Chinese color touch screen, a new graphical user interface, improved terminal layout, and visual cues, the connection is more convenient and the calibration experience is more intuitive
• Equipped with a variety of safety protections such as reverse voltage protection to protect the calibrator and personal safety
Ø Typical applications
• The single machine can form a small electrical calibration laboratory, which is highly respected by enterprise metrology.
• Cover the calibration of many types of common equipment, such as digital multimeters below 6.5 digits, clamp meters, oscilloscopes, electronic thermometers, power meters, phase meters, recorders, process calibrators, data collectors, etc.
2 8588A/8558A New Standard Digital Multimeter
Key features and selling points
• It has a number of measurement functions such as AC and DC voltage, current, frequency, resistance, thermocouple, thermal resistance, etc
• DCV Stability & Accuracy @ 3.5 μV/V (99%), 2.7 μV/V (95%)
• 8 1/2 digit readings for maximum accuracy at 1 second measurement intervals
• Supports digital sampling, real-time sampling rate @ 5 MS/s, up to 20MHz bandwidth
• Ethernet, USB and GPIB programming interfaces, support SCPI commands
• Intuitive color user interface with trend graphs, statistics, histograms, and FFTs for stability testing and more
Ø Typical applications
• Calibrate the voltage, current, resistance, frequency and other functional outputs of multi-function sources, stable power supplies and other sources, and measure temperature sensor signals such as thermocouples and thermal resistances.
• Stability testing and long-term monitoring of multi-function sources with trend plotting and statistical analysis.
• Cooperate with multi-product calibrators to calibrate measurement equipment that integrates the table source, such as process calibrators, etc.
3 MET/TEAM® and MET/CAL® measurement equipment management and auto-calibration software
The browser-based MET/TEAM® equipment management software can improve the management of equipment, personnel, services, calibration, procedures, etc., store and query equipment details, calibration records, output reports, and meet the requirements of various quality management standards according to the laboratory process.
Ø The optional gold program library has included tens of thousands of rigorous test and calibration programs, supports many calibration standards, and can cover thousands of tested devices of world-renowned brands to achieve automatic calibration.
Ø Run the calibration program through the MET/CAL® software, store the calibration results to the MET/TEAM®, and output the calibration certificate to achieve automatic calibration.
Ø MET/CAL® is equipped with a program development editor, which can create, edit, modify and debug the program at any time, further expand and improve the program library, and cover more calibration objects.
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