Pressure Calibration Workshop
Training course
This workshop is a practical one-day session dealing with all aspects of pressure gauge and transducer calibration. It is especially useful for staff involved in testing and calibration of pressure gauges by comparison against reference pressure gauges or deadweight testers.
Overview
Calibration is more than simply checking or adjusting an instrument. Calibration involves ensuring the gauge under test is working properly, ensuring the reference instrument has a traceable calibration, comparing the two instruments using an appropriate method, and calculating the measurement uncertainty.
This workshop teaches attendees an efficient method to calibrate pressure gauges that meets the technical, quality and legal aspects of calibration. A feature of the method is the straight forward way that the measurement uncertainty is calculated.
The presentation includes many demonstrations and hands-on activities that will be of interest to new and experienced users. By the end of the day, attendees should be able to calibrate a pressure gauge, calculate the associated measurement uncertainty, as well as carry out regular in-service checks on reference equipment.
Presenters
Mark Clarkson
Principal Research Scientist | Mass and Pressure
Mark Clarkson has worked as a metrologist since 1990 in the areas of mass, force, density, pressure and optical measurement. During this time, he has also been a technical assessor for IANZ assessments of Metrology and Calibration laboratories. He has developed and presented training workshops in mass, density and pressure measurement and uncertainty calculation for testing laboratories. Mark’s research interests include development of a non-artefact mass standard utilising a pressure balance, and he is also a guest lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington.
Peter McDowall
Research Scientist | Mass and Pressure
Prior to joining MSL in 2019, Peter spent 5 years researching air and moisture flow within homes and buildings for the Building Research Association of New Zealand. As part of this research he conducted experiments examining indoor air quality, ventilation and the efficacy of photo-catalytic oxidation as a process for reducing mould growth in New Zealand homes.
He received his PhD in atomic physics in 2014 from the University of Otago where he built an atom interferometer based on laser cooled atoms subjected to periodic pulses of near-resonant standing waves of light. The output of this interferometer was a determination of the fine structure constant α via the ratio of h/m obtained from direct measurement of the Talbot time.
Outline
General Programme and Learning Outcomes
Topics include:
- Selecting pressure measurement equipment
- Use and maintenance of deadweight testers and reference gauges, including carrying out in-service checks
- Understanding deadweight tester and reference gauge calibration certificates
- Methods of pressure gauge calibration using either deadweight testers or reference gauges
- Calculating measurement uncertainty
- Meeting ISO17025 or in-house quality requirements for traceability
The material in this course is based on MSL Technical Guides TG13 (Pressure gauge calibration), TG16 (Care and use of a deadweight tester) and TG36 (Calculating deadweight tester pressures).
Course Qualification:
Students will receive a course attendance certificate.
Date and Venue
To be scheduled
Auckland
JetPark Hotel & Conference Centre
63 Westney Road
Mangere
Auckland 2022
- Parking available
- Approximately 8 minutes drive from Auckland Airport
Course Times
- 8:30am - 9:00am
Welcome tea and coffee
- 9:00am - 5:00pm
All courses commence at 9:00am sharp and end by 5:00pm, unless otherwise noted in the registration form.
Catering
Catering includes Morning Tea, Lunch and Afternoon Tea. Please indicate dietary requirements on the registration form.