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Australasian Calibrating Services Ltd - Auckland Laboratory


Terms:
All calibrations are normally performed at the client's premises
CONFORMANCE STANDARD
NZS/ISO/IEC 17025: 1999
General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
Classes of Test:
All measurement uncertainties are based on a confidence interval of at least 95%
Unless stated elsewhere in this schedule, calibrations are performed at the
premises of the accredited laboratory
PRECISION LABORATORY BALANCES
As per 5.24 below
INDUSTRIAL BALANCES
As per 5.24 below
INDUSTRIAL WEIGHING APPLIANCES
Balance reading Least uncertainty
of measurement
10 g and below ± 0.02 mg
above 10 g and below 200 g ± 2 in 10{6}
From 200 g to below 1 kg ± 0.001 g
1 kg and up to 5 kg ± 2 in 10{6}
10 kg and up to 20 kg ± 2 in 10{6}
20 kg and up to 60 kg ± 5 in 10{5}
FORCE MEASURING DEVICES
Least uncertainty
Force measuring devices, alone or as part of a testing ± 0.25%
system in accordance with EN ISO 7500-1:1999,
and AS 2193:1978 grade A for forces from 0.01N to 10 000kN
in compression and 0.01N to 3000kN in tension
STRAIN AND DISPLACEMENT MEASURING DEVICES
Least uncertainty
(a) Extensometers in accordance with ± 12µm(length)
ISO 9513:1999 ± 4µm(extension)
(c) Dial gauges in accordance with AS 2103:1978 except for clauses
2.4.2 and 3.4.2 and BS 907:1965 except clause 10C
TESTING MACHINES
Least uncertainty
(a) Tension and universal machines in tension for ± 0.25%
forces from 0.01N to 3000kN in accordance with
ASTM E4:2000, EN ISO 7500-1:1999, and AS 2193:1978 grade A
(b) Compression and universal machines in compression ± 0.25%
for forces from 0.01N to 10 000kN in accordance
with ASTM E4:2000, EN ISO 7500-1:1999
and AS 2193:1978 grade A
(c) Vickers hardness machines in accordance with ± 0.5%
EN ISO 6507:Part 2 1997 and
AS 1817.2: 2002 except clause 4.2
(d) Rockwell hardness and superficial hardness machines ± 0.5%
in accordance with EN ISO 6508:Part 2 1999 and
AS 1815.2: 2002 except clauses 4.3 and 4.4
and ASTM E18:2000
(e) Brinell hardness machines in accordance with EN ISO 6506:Part2 1999 except
and AS 1816.2: 2002 except clause 4.3
(f) Charpy impact machines in accordance with BS EN 10045-2:1993
and ISO 13802: 1999 (for plastics)
MECHANICAL TESTING EQUIPMENT
(a) Portable Brinell measuring microscopes (AS 1816.2: 2002 and ISO 6506part 2: 1992
Authorised Rep: Mr Chris Marlow, Manager

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