The Metrology Laboratory is accredited by ENAC as per ISO/IEC 17025:2005.
It performs dimensional, pressure, vacuum, force, torque, temperature and electrical calibrations and mechanical tests. Following services are provided:
Dimensional area
- Calibrations of any equipment for dimensional control
- Automatic calibration of limit gauges for screw thread, plain gauges, etc.
- Verification of geometry and the machine tool positioning with laser interferometer.
- Calibrations of granite surface plates and accessories for flatness, straightness and alignment equipments
- Calibrations of gage blocks class 0, 1 and 2.
- Verifications with coordinate measuring machine, the uncertainty measurement < 0.005 mm
- Calibrations of special dimensional equipment up to 4 metres maximum
Pressure area
- Hydraulic pressure gauge calibration up to 5.000 bars and neumatic up to 20 bars.
- Calibrations of vacuum equipment up to 0.0001 mbar
- Verifications of safety valves, pressure recorder, pressure switch, etc.
- Verifications at site of pressure.
- Recording and monitoring of hydro tests
Torque area
- Calibrations of torque equipment from 0.2 N.m up to 10.000 N.m, torque wrench, torque multiplier, electric torque wrench and hydraulic torque wrench.
- Calibrations at site of torque equipment
Temperature Area
- Calibrations of thermocouple up to 1.000ºC
- Calibrations of RTD, pyrometers, thermistors up to 500 ºC
- Characterization and calibrations of temperature baths and furnaces
- Verifications at site of temperature recorder, temperature simulators
Electrical Area
- Calibrations of voltmeters, amperimeters up to 8.5 digit number
- Calibrations of welding devices up to 1.500 A
Force area and mechanical tests equipment
- Calibrations of dynamometers and bolt tensioners up to 2000 kN
- Calibrations of tensile test and extensometers
- Calibrations at site of Charpy impact machine and Brinell, Rockwell and Vickers hardness equipment
- Calibrations of weighing equipment
Other calibrations and verifications
- Verifications of explosimeters
- Calibrations of densitometers and radiographic films
- Calibrations of thickness and UT equipment
- Verification of welding gas flowmeter.
- Calibration of special equipment (impact plastic Charpy machine, VICAT, etc.).
- Development of customised calibrations procedures.
