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Instrument / Equipment Expertise




           
   Your choices are...
 
      
 
   Acoustic Instruments
 
     Instruments, equipment and sensors for measuring, transmitting, producing, controlling and/or analyzing vibration, sound levels sinusoidal or oscillatory motion.
 
   Analyzers
 
     Any type of analyzer such as signal or function analyzers.
 
   Automated Test Equipment (ATE)
 
     Automated Test Equipment (ATE) is computer controlled test and measurement equipment that is arranged in such a way as to be able to test a unit with minimal human interaction. The advantage of this kind of test is that each test is repeatable and cost efficient in high volume. The chief disadvantage is the high cost of programming and setup.
 
   Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM)
 
     Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs) are mechanical systems designed to move a measuring probe to determine coordinates of points on a work piece surface.  CMMs are comprised of four main components: the machine itself, the measuring probe, the control or computing system, and the measuring software.  Machines are available in a wide range of sizes and designs with a variety of different probe technologies.
 
   Dimensional Gages / Instruments
 
     Dimensional gages and instruments provide quantitative measurements of a product's or component's attributes such as wall thickness, depth, height, length, I.D., O.D., taper or bore.  Dimensional gages and instruments encompass:

  • Air or pneumatic gages
  • Bore and ID gages
  • Calipers
  • Digital or electronic gages
  • Custom or OEM gages
  • Depth gages
  • Masters, setting gages and other dimensional standards (Gage blocks, end measuring rods, gaging balls)
  • Gage head or probes
  • Gage sets or measuring tool kits
  • Gaging systems or stations
  • Go / no-go, attribute or functional gages (plugs, rings, snaps, flush-pins)
  • Height gages
  • Indicators and comparators
  • Laser micrometers
  • Mechanical micrometers
  • Micrometer heads
  • Thickness gages
  • Thread or serration gages
  • Specialty and other gages - designed specifically for gear, spring, runout, impeller, form or other special functions

 
   Dust / Opacity Instruments
 
     Opacity sensors, dust sensors and visibility sensors measure the amount of light transmitted through a sample.
 
   Electrical and Electronic Test
 
     Devices, including voltmeters, ammeters and multimeters, oscilloscopes, ATE units, signal generators, data acquisition systems, signal conditioners, analyzers, data recorders, used to detect and test, analyze, control, calibrate, display and record data in laboratory and other testing situations measure electrical or electronic signals.
 
   Environmental Test Chambers
 
     Environmental test chambers provide a temperature, humidity, or atmosphere controlled environment for testing for testing or evaluating products or materials.  Environmental test chambers are used to ensure the reliability of industrial products, especially electronic items through tests such as prolonged thermal cycling and prolonged exposure to humidity. 
 
   Flow Instruments
 
     Any instruments relating to process flow such as flow meters and sensors, gauges, totalizers or valve position indicators.
 
   Force, Weight, or Torque Instruments
 
     Any instruments relating to force, weight or mass measurement including strain gauges, load cells, scales or torque monitors.
 
   Generators (Function, Pulse, etc.)
 
     Any digital or analog type generator such as function generators, signal generators, pulse generators etc.
 
   Hardness Testers
 
     Hardness is a characteristic of a material, not a fundamental physical property. It is defined as the resistance to indentation, and it is determined by measuring the permanent depth or projected area of the indentation. More simply put, when using a fixed force (load) and a given indenter, the smaller the indentation, the harder the material.
 
   Humidity / Moisture Instruments
 
     Any instruments relating to humidity or moisture monitoring including absolute or relative humidity, moisture content or dew point measuring devices.
 
   Inspection / NDT
 
     Instruments, test equipment and other devices used in testing methods that examine an object, material, or system without impairing its future usefulness. NDT measurements include flaws, thickness, material condition, corrosion, bulk conductivity and others.
 
   Laboratory Equipment / Analytical Instruments
 
     Repair services for laboratory and test equipment such as shakers, environmental test chambers, laboratory ovens, mechanical test equipment, chillers, baths, sample preparation equipment and other specialized apparatus.
 
   Light Instruments (Fiber Optic Testers, UV Meters)
 
     Any fiber optic or lightwave instrument including multiplexers, analyzers, isolators etc.
 
   Materials Testing Equipment
 
     Materials or mechanical testing equipment includes adhesion or bond testers, compressive testers, creep and stress relaxation testers, drop or shock testers, ductility testers, fatigue testers, impact toughness testers, shear testers, tensile testers, and vibration testers.
 
   Microscopes / Optical Instruments
 
     Microscopes are instruments that are capable of producing a magnified image of a small object.  They are used in many applications in the scientific and industrial arenas.  Common applications include manufacturing inspection, high-technology quality control in areas such as semiconductor processing, medical imaging, cell research, and metallurgical analysis.
 
   Multimeter / Electrical Meters
 
     Any electrical quantity measuring meter or multimeter, either analog or digital.
 
   Oscilloscopes / Scopes
 
     Any digital scope including oscilloscopes or PC based scopes for capturing and analyzing electronic signals.
 
   Power Supplies / Amplifiers
 
     Any AC or DC power supply, power amplifier or power conditioner.
 
   Pressure Instruments
 
     Any instruments relating to pressure measurement such as pressure sensors or gauges, meters or transducers.
 
   Process and Online Instruments
 
     A wide classification of instruments that are used to analyze gases, liquids, material samples, or their components, and record data in both process and online field applications.
 
   Process Controllers / Control Systems
 
     General purpose process controllers monitor various parameters and initiate controller functions based on measurements of temperature, pressure, level or other process parameters.
 
   Radiation Detectors
 
     Devices used for medical diagnoses, radioactive dating measurements, measurement of background radiation, activity level and radiation dose.
 
   RF / Microwave Instruments
 
     Any instrument involved in RF, microwave or wireless communication including transmitters, receivers, antennas, etc.
 
   Shakers
 
     Shakers and vibration and shock testing equipment are force generators or transducers that provide a vibration, shock or modal excitation source for testing and analysis. Shakers are used to determine product or component performance under vibration or shock loads, detect flaws through modal analysis, verify product designs, measure structural fatigue of a system or material or simulate the shock or vibration conditions found in aerospace, transportation or other areas.
 
   Spectrometers
 
     Spectrometers and photometers are analytical instruments in which the characteristic emission or absorption of radiation by a material or substance is measured to determine elemental composition or constituents.  Specific spectrometer types include UV/Visible, Raman, infrared, x-ray fluorescence (XRF), mass spectrometers, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and other specialized units.
 
   Temperature Instruments
 
     Any instruments relating to process temperature measurement including thermocouple, RTD or thermistor type devices.
 
   Weather Instruments / Solar Radiometers
 
     Weather instruments are specifically designed to measure one or multiple components of weather; including wind speed and direction, rain/snow fall, solar radiation, temperature, pressure and humidity. 
 
   Specialty Instrument / Equipment Repair Services
 
     Other specialty, proprietary, or unlisted test equipment or instrument type not listed.
 
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Services Offered




   Services Offered:       
   Your choices are...
 
      
 
   Bench (Off-site)
 
     Bench repair refers to off-site equipment or instrument repair in the service supplier's shop.  The test equipment or instruments need to be disconnected and transported to or picked up by the repair shop.
 
   Field / On-site
 
     Supplier has personnel and/or equipment for on-site repair work, eliminating the added expense of taking the instrument off line and shipping it.
 
   Calibration Service
 
     Calibration services for various test equipment and instruments including evaluating the output or accuracy compared to standards or established values.
 
   Calibration Documentation
 
     Documentation or test reports show calibration information such as "as found" and "as left" data, next scheduled calibration, etc.
 
   Online Documentation
 
     Supplier has online documentation system to access history, calibration certifications and recalibration notifications.
 
   In-house Contract Lab Set-up
 
     Supplier has capabilities and resources for setting up an in-house contract lab for supplier - minimizing any downtime or lag in getting instruments quickly calibrated.
 
   Installation / Start-up
 
     Supplier has personnel and/or equipment for on-site installation and start-up of new, repaired or replacement equipment or instruments.  The supplier may also provide personnel training and test the acceptability of the equipment to the required specifications.
 
   OEM / Warranty Authorized Shop
 
     Supplier has personnel and/or equipment that are certified or approved for OEM or warranty repair work.
 
   Pick-up and Delivery
 
     Supplier offers pick-up and delivery services to minimize cost and time associated with using in-house personnel.
 
   Preventative Maintenance
 
     Preventative maintenance and services contracts refers to programs for performing proactive maintenance in order to prevent system problems. This is contrasted to troubleshooting, diagnostic or corrective maintenance, which is performed to correct an already existing problem.
 
   Rapid Turnaround
 
     Supplier offers quick turnaround on repair services; typically in a few days.
 
   Remanufacturing / Complete Rebuild
 
     Supplier has personnel and/or equipment for to completely overhaul or rebuild equipment or instruments, which may be an effective alternative for costly or specialized units.
 
   Rental / Lease
 
     The supplier can rent or lease equipment to the customer while the necessary tests are being conducted.
 
   Replacement / Exchange Program
 
     Supplier has capabilities and resources for exchanging the damaged equipment or instrument with a new or used unit, which can minimize any downtime in the facility or eliminate the need to ship and outsource work.
 
   Product Sales - Used / Refurbished
 
     Supplier offers for sale used or refurbished products for the replacement of damaged units.
 
   Product Sales - New
 
     Supplier offers for sale new products from the manufacturer for the replacement of damaged units.
 
   Spare Parts Inventory
 
     Supplier expedites repairs by carrying an inventory of spare replacement parts or sub-systems in-house, eliminating the added time that ordering and shipping parts would require.
 
   Troubleshooting and Repair
 
     Troubleshooting refers to diagnostic or corrective maintenance, which is performed to correct an already-existing problem. This is contrasted to preventive maintenance, which refers to performing proactive maintenance in order to prevent system problems.
 
   Upgrade Service
 
     Service to upgrade or enhance the performance of an existing product through the addition of an entirely new component or replacement of a component with a improved or updated unit.
 
   Specialty / Other
 
     Other unlisted, specialty, or proprietary service.
 
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Quality Requirements




   Certifications / Quality Requirements:       
   Your choices are...
 
      
 
   ISO / IEC 17025
 
     ISO 17025 addresses the proficiency of the organization to perform the testing and calibration activities. It is a standard geared towards technical qualification and deals heavily with measurement uncertainties. This is layered on top of an ISO 9000 certification, which is a standard, used for total company quality system.

The 17025 standard requires that all functions within the scope of a given instrument must be tested and calibrated. Example: A Digital Multimeter would require a lab to have a scope that contained ALL of the functions that the meter can measure (AC volts, DC volts, Freq., Resistance, AC current, DC current, etc.) Only service providers that list all functions within the necessary scope can provide 17025 calibration for a given instrument.  

Note: 17025 replaced ISO Guide 25.
 
   ANSI / NCSL Z540-1
 
     Formerly MIL-STD 45662A, American National Standard ANSI / NCSL Z540-1 is a requirements document titled "Calibration Laboratories and Measuring and Test Equipment - General Requirements."

This is a standard that is used primarily by government community. It is very close to the 17025 standard.
 
   A2LA
 
     A2LA is the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation.

A2LA accreditation is defined as formal recognition of an organization's technical competency to perform specific tests, types of tests, or calibrations.

The general requirements for laboratory accreditation are contained in ISO / IEC 17025. This standard contains quality system requirements and technical requirements that the laboratories must meet. Laboratory accreditation requirements, however, go beyond just ISO / IEC 17025.
 
   AS9000
 
     Set of quality guidelines and requirements with particular focus on the aerospace sector.  AS9000 was published by SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) in cooperation with major aerospace manufacturers and is based on the more general ISO 9001 standards.
 
   QS 9000
 
     Set of standards based on ISO 9001 with particular application to the automotive industry; standards are defined and maintained by major automotive manufacturers.  Standards concern part fabrication and quality in areas such as materials, heat treatment, finishing, and production processes.
 
   ISO 9001
 
     In 1987, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9000 standards were developed to ensure that companies' products and services have consistent, documented approaches that meet the European community's quality requirements.

ISO 9001 sets out the requirements for an organization whose business processes range all the way from design and development, to production, installation and servicing.
 
   ISO 9002
 
     In 1987, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9000 standards were developed to ensure that companies' products and services have consistent, documented approaches that meet the European community's quality requirements.

ISO 9002 is for an organization, which does not carry out design and development. It does not include the design control requirements of ISO 9001 - otherwise, its requirements are identical.
 
   MIL-SPEC / STD
 
     Company is certified or experienced in provided tools and/or coatings that comply with military specifications or standards.
 
   NIST
 
     Calibrations are traceable to National Institute of Standards and Technology.
 
   NVLAP
 
     The National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) provides third-party accreditation to testing and calibration laboratories.
 
   Other
 
     Any unlisted quality requirement.
 
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Regional Preference




           
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   North America
 
     Companies are located in the United States, Canada or Mexico.
 
   United States Only
 
     Companies are located in the United States.
 
   Northeast US Only
 
     Companies are located in the Northeast United States, namely Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.
 
   Southern US Only
 
     Companies are located in the Southern United States, namely Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C., and West Virginia.
 
   Southwest US Only
 
     Companies are located in the Southwest United States, namely Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.
 
   Northwest US Only
 
     Companies are located in the Northwest United States, namely Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Wyoming.
 
   Midwest US Only
 
     Companies are located in the Midwest United States, namely Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
 
   Canada Only
 
     Companies are located in Canada.
 
   South / Central America Only
 
     Companies have facilities in South American countries such as Argentina, Brazil, or Chile; or in Central American countries such as Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, etc.
 
   Europe Only
 
     Companies are located in Europe, namely Germany, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom, etc.
 
   South Asia Only
 
     Companies are located in South Asia, namely India, Pakistan, Nepal, etc.
 
   Near East Only
 
     Companies are located in the Near East, namely Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, etc.
 
   East Asia / Pacific Only
 
     Companies are located in East Asia, namely China, Japan, Taiwan, etc.
 
   Other
 
     Other unlisted country or region.
 
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