Calibration of Measuring Instrumentation
As you would imagine, most measuring devices will lose their accuracy over time. To ensure dependable and reliable readings, a regular schedule of maintenance, calibration, should be kept. Conditions and specific needs or requirements help discern how often instrumentation should be recalibrated.
Stress comes in many forms and it can take its toll on pressure and temperature instrumentation just as it can on the human body. The stress upon instrumentation comes from chemical, mechanical or even thermal environments. Just as annual check ups help keep humans healthy and prolong their life, so do regular tune-ups for instrumentation. These tune-ups help ensure that factories and facilities operate efficiently and safely.
- At purchase or before installation
- During preventative maintenance
- Annually for events like audits
- During scheduled shutdowns
Regular calibration can detect and eliminate potential problems proactively. Comparably, the expense and downtime associated with calibrating the instrumentation is negligible when compared to potential issues faced with ill-functioning instruments. Sometimes this interval is determined by other variables or factors. Some of these variables are:
- The importance of the process being monitored. Is the instrumentation part of a critical process?
- Will the overall operation be affected if the instrument does not perform as specified or within certain limits?
- Is the safety of the operation in jeopardy if the instrument's accuracy is compromised even slightly?
We have a combined 15 years of professional calibration experience and all Daughtridge Sales calibrations are traceable to NIST. To further ensure accuracy, our calibration bench is inspected and recalibrated regularly for the highest quality end product.
