“Maintenance of traceability of reference standards for basic parameters related to fluid flow, to National Measurement System and Maintenance of Quality system as per relevant international standards (such as ISO/IEC 17025-2005)” is one of the main part of QUALITY POLICY OF FCRI. In order to accomplish this, PHYSICAL STANDARDS LABORATORY was established in 1989 along with the flow measurement facilities. After a lot of improvements and enhancement during the successive years, the laboratory has become one of the state of the art calibration and testing laboratory at par with other laboratories in the world. And every year, hundreds of Indian companies (both large scale and small scale, public and private sector) and Laboratories are seeking services of this laboratory for calibration of their measuring instruments with “TRACEABILITY” for their ISO 9000/QS 9000/ISO 14000/IS/NABL quality certification requirements. This laboratory is one of the first NABL accredited laboratory in the country in Mechanical measurement category and today, the only single laboratory covering a very wide range of parameters in the area of Mechanical Calibration covering – Length, Angle, Surface Roughness, Mass, Low / Medium and High Pressure (Pneumatic and Hydraulic), Vacuum, Barometric Pressure , Density, Volume, Viscosity,etc. Traceable calibration can also be done for certain ranges of parameters like Force, Shore Hardness and Torque also. The laboratory has participated in various Proficiency Testing programmes, organized by NPL/NABL/APLAC at National or International level. The Laboratory is equipped with the most reliable and sophisticated state-of-the art calibration equipment and is manned by trained and experienced personnel, operated under controlled environmental conditions of temperature 20±1.0 °C, Humidity 50±10% Rh, Dust level 1,00,000 class. All master instruments are regularly calibrated at NPL, New Delhi /International laboratories to maintain traceability. Calibration activities are carried out with established procedures in conformance with BIS/OIML/ISO/ANSI/ASTM/BS specifications. Following Instruments can be tested / calibrated at the Physical Standards Laboratory Length/ Dimension metrology • Slip gauges • Thread ring gauge Viscosity • Rotational Viscometers (BROOKFIELD or other type ) Mass • Moisture balance Volume • Pipettes (single mark & graduated) Density • Density Hydrometer Pressure –Absolute, Gauge,Differential – Air/ Liquid medium • Pressure gauges (air & oil/ absolute, compound or gauge pressures) Force & Hardness • Proving rings Other services of the Laboratory
(i) APLAC INTER-LABORATORY COMPARISON, APM006-PRESSURE MEASUREMENT ORGANIZED BY NCSP CELL UNDER APLAC PROGRAMME, JUNE 1998 (ii) NABL INTER LABORATORY COMPARISON NCSP 001- DIMENSIONAL METROLOGY – DECEMBER 1998 (iii)INTER LABORATORY COMPARISON, NABL-M-MASS-001 in JULY 2001 (iv) INTER LABORATORY COMPARISON NABL-PRESSURE-001 in APRIL-2003 (v) NABL INTER LABORATORY COMPARISON NABL-M-LENGTH-003, OF STEEL RING GAUGES, MARCH-2003 RING GAUGES: 5mm, 12 mm, 20mm, 50mm & 100 mm (vi) APLAC INTER LABORATORY COMPARISON OF APM-019 FOR PRESSURE METER CONDUCTED BY KOREA LABORATORY ACCREDITATION SCHEME“ in SEPTEMBER -2007 (vii) NABL INTER LABORATORY COMPARISON NABL-M-LENGTH-003, OF STEEL RING GAUGES, MARCH-2003 (vii) NPL-NABL PROFICIENCY TESTING PROGRAM Site calibration, measurement, verification and validation The laboratory personnel were associated with number of validation assignments of Oil and Gas Metering lines at various part of India during the last 10 years. As a part of the validation programme as per American Gas Association standards, it is required to calibrate (i) field transmitters -Pressure, Differential pressure and Temperature (ii) Verify the geometry and dimensions of orifice metering lines and its associated piping. Among the many such assignments completed include the Natural Gas metering stations of M/s.ONGC, M/s.Cairn Energy, M/s.Madras Fertilizers Ltd, M/s.SPIC , M/s.GAIL India, at various locations spread all over India. PHYSICAL STANDARDS LABORATORY
Introduction
• Long Gauge block
• Length bar & Setting Rod
• Vernier caliper (Dial, Digital & ordinary)
• Depth vernier
• Vernier Height Gauge
• Dial gauges (plunger type, lever type)
• Dial thickness gauge
• Micrometer (all types)/ Depth micrometer
• Tapes , scales & tape
• Feeler gauge
• Radius gauge, Knife gauge
• LVDT gauge
• Test sieve & wire meshe
• Thickness gauge
• Mu checker
• G.S.M scale
• Pitch gauge
• Pin gauge ,film , wire gauges & foils
• Plain plug & ring gauge
• Thread plug gauge
• Bore gauge
• Depth gauge
• Floating carriage micrometer
• Surface table/ Surface plate
• Straight edge
• Height gauge/ Height master
• Micro checkers (inside/ outside/ depth)
• Combination set & Bevel Protractor
• Electronic and Spirit level
• Universal Metroscope (at site)
• Profile Projectors ( at site)
• Coating thickness gauges• Snap gauges
• Roughness/ surface finish tester
• Roughness Measurement of specimen/sample
• Microscope/eye pieces
• GLASS Capillary viscometers (all types as per ISO 3105)
• Saybolt visco cup
• Ford Cup ( B1, B2 , B3, B4 , B5 etc)
• Zahn cup
• Falling ball viscometers
• Any other type of viscometer for Kinematic/Dynamic viscosity
• Determination of Kinematic/Dynamic Viscosity of liquids
• Standard Weights
• Analytical Weights
• Block Weights
• Analytical & Chemical Balances
• Electronic balances
• Electronic Comparators
• Micro-Balances
• Platform scale
• Weigh bridges
• Spring balances
• Any other types of weighing machine
• Micro pipettes,Syringes,Microsyringes
. • Burettes
• Measuring Jars
• Measuring flask
• Specific gravity bottle/ Pyknometer
• Proving can
• Volume tanks
• Volume measures
• Specific gravity hydrometer
• Brix hydrometer
• Lactometer
• Baume Hydrometer
• On-line densitometer
• Digital/ Analog density meter
• Density determination of liquid
• Twaddle Hydrometer
• Alcoholometer
• Pressure transducer/ transmitter
• Dead weight tester
• Pressure Indicators
• Air Data Tester
• Vacuum gauges
• Manometer
• Leak tester
• Electronic Pressure Regulator
• Load cells/ force indicators
• Dynamometers
• Splicer testers/ Yarn testers
• Shore Hardness Testers
• On site calibration / Testing of instruments
• Training of personnel in calibration & MetrologyPARTICIPATION IN INTERCOMPARISON/PROFICIENCY TESTING PROGRAMMES
PRESSURE RANGE : 50MPa – PRESSURE TRANSDUCER WITH INDICATOR.
PARTICIPANTS: 43 LABORATORIES FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, 7 FROM INDIA
GAUGE BLOCKS , 0.5 mm, 1 mm, 5mm, 10mm & 100 mm
PARTICIPANTS: 9 LABORATORIES INCLUDING NPL, NEW DELHI
EQUIPMENT: MASSES : 1kg, 200g, 124g, 10g & 1g
PARTICIPANTS: 9 INDIAN LABORATORIES INCLUDING NPL, NEW DELHI.
PRESSURE RANGE : 70 MPa ( 700 bar) using Dead Weight Pressure Tester.
PARTICIPANTS: 7 INDIAN LABORATORIES INCLUDING NPL, NEW DELHI.
PARTICIPANTS: 14 LABORATORIES INCLUDING NPL, NEW DELHI
PRESSURE RANGE : 100 MPa ( 1000 bar)
RING GAUGES: 5mm, 12 mm, 20mm, 50mm & 100 mm
PARTICIPANTS: 14 LABORATORIES INCLUDING NPL, NEW DELHI
NPL-NABL/M/1/2010 ON MASS MEASUREMENT
MASS ARTIFACTS: 1kg, 200g, 124g, 10g and 1 g – 5 nos.
PARTICIPANTS: 27 LABORATORIES INCLUDING NPL, NEW DELHI
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