TC-IM Focus Group

Facilitating National Metrology Infrastructure Development

Wolfgang Schmid, EURAMET Secretary
Skopje, FYR Macedonia 27/28 November 2008
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Development of Guidance Documents

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Metrology In Short
Albanian: Metrologjia shkurt Arabic Czech: Metrologie v kostce Croatian: Metrologija ukratko Danish: Metrologi kort og godt Finnish: Metrology in short Indonesian: Metrologi - sebuah pengantar Icelandic: Agrip af Mlifrdi Japanese: Japanese characters Lebanese: ABC-guide Metrology (English and Arabic) Lithuanian: Metrologija trumpai MEDA region: Metrology - in short, MEDA version MEDA region: Mtrologie - en bref, dition MEDA Polish Portuguese: Metrologia em sintese Serbian: Metrologija ukratko drugo izdanje Thai Turkish: Kisaca Metroloji - ikinci baski

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Metrology In Short

3rd edition In Serbian and Bulgarian language already available!

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Calibration Guides
Calibration of Stylus Instruments for Measuring Surface Roughness * Calibration of Gauge Block Comparators Calibration of Pressure Balances * Uncertainty of Calibration Results in Force measurements * Co-ordinate Measuring Machine Calibration * Extent of Calibration for Cylindrical Diameter Standards Calibration of Oscilloscopes * Calibration of Thermocouples Measurement and Generation of Small AC Voltages with Inductive Voltage Dividers Determination of Pitch Diameter of Parallel Thread Gauges by Mechanical Probing Guidelines on the Calibration of Temperature Indicators and Simulators by Electrical Simulation and Measurement Guidelines on the Evaluation of Vector Network Analysers (VNA) Guidelines on the Calibration of Temperature Block Calibrators Guidelines on the Calibration of Static Torque Measuring Devices Guidelines on the Calibration of Digital Multimeters Guidelines on the Estimation of Uncertainty in Hardness Measurements Guidelines on the Calibration of Electromechanical Manometers Guidelines on the Calibration of Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments

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Specific Rules for the use of EURAMET Calibration Guides by other organisations in preparation

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Translation of EURAMET documents

EURAMET e.V. holds the copyright on all documents elaborated within its committees. Permission must be sought from the EURAMET Secretariat prior to the translation of any of these documents. EURAMET can grant permission under the following conditions: 1) Reference is made to the original document * 2) The document is not modified and is clearly recognised as a translation of the corresponding EURAMET document 3) The use of the translated document is for non-commercial reasons. The documents may be disseminated free of charge in electronic or printed form. 4)

** This document is a translation of <title, edition> EURAMET e.V. This document is a translation of <title, edition> EURAMET e.V. Conditions for copying and translating may be obtained from the Conditions for copying and translating may be obtained from the EURAMET Secretariat EURAMET Secretariat 8
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EURAMET Guides
N 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 10 Draft Title EUROMET's policy on the Application of Quality System in National Metrology Institutes EUROMET and its International Relations Guidelines on Conducting Comparisons EUROMET Co-operation in Research EUROMET Traceability EUROMET Consultation on Facilities Review Criteria and Procedure for EUROMET CMCs EURAMET and the operation of NMIs Elaboration and maintenance of EURAMET guidance documents Status under revision to be deleted, information to be presented in Website and Directory under revision, to be substituted by single guide on projects under revision, to be substituted by single guide on projects under revision, to be substituted by single guide on projects under revision, to be substituted by single guide on projects approved 2008-06 approved 2008-06

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Further Need for Guidance Documents

Target Group: Who needs these guides? Metrologists in ... NMIs developing their infrastructure experienced NMIs (new personnel) Designated Institutes secondary laboratories accreditation bodies ....

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Further Need for Guidance Documents

Which guides are needed? Some proposals: Traceability Measurement uncertainty: GUM, MCS Calibration Certificates Maintenance of National Standards in DIs EURAMET Manual .... ???

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Guidance Documents: Further Activities

Complement list of required documents Collate documents already available (BIPM, PTB Technical Cooperation ...) Action plan for documents to be developed, prioritisation Develop documents, establish teams or working groups Translation of documents to national languages

Could be supported within secondments to the EURAMET Secretariat !

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Development of Training Courses

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Knowledge Transfer as a crucial activity of NMIs

Other activities; 8% Internships; 1% Congresses, Seminars; 4% Training courses; 11%

Example: CENAM, Mexico Income in 2007

Calibrations; 47%

MESURA; 13%

Consultacy; 9% CRM; 7%

Knowledge Transfer: 38%

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Knowledge Transfer by an NMI

Possible activities of a Training and Information Centre of an NMI Organise training courses (external and internal) Organise internships: calibration labs, industry, students Organise consultancy: calibration labs, industry Information Centre Publicity of the NMI Actualisation of staff of the NMI
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Possible Cooperation within the FG:

Publish a guidance document for a Training and Information Centre Develop training courses Develop guidance documents Develop material for awareness raising (PP-slides, flyers, etc.)

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Training Courses:
Identify need for training a) in the NMIs b) in industry Identify existing training material, develop training material jointly Give training courses for the staff of the NMIs Train the trainers in the NMIs NMIs adopts training course to national needs (language) NMI provides training in the country

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11.07 Website of the FG

http://www.euramet.org/index.php?id=621

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Website: Further Activities

Revise foreseen content and structure Concept for public / restricted areas Collate required information and documents Complement website Could be done within a secondment to the EURAMET Secretariat !

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