Temperature affects nearly every physical measurement you make, requiring you to make corrections to your measurements due to temperature variations. Because of this, the accuracy of all your measurements depends on your ability to accurately measure temperature.

• Introduction

• Heat and temperature

• Temperature scales

• Thermometers

• Related heat sensing and measuring instruments

• Linear measurement standards

• Measuring instruments

• Gage blocks

• Making angular measurements

• Optical instruments

A refresher for working or secondary metrology lab personal, cross training, new hires and transfers into inspection, instrumentation, calibration or metrology.

• Pressure fundamentals

• Types of pressure gauge

• Pressure measurement devices

• Transducers

• Principles of vacuum

• Density principles and measurement corrections

• Specific gravity

• Fluid flow measurements

• Flow measurement devices

• Mass and weight principles

• Weighing instruments

• Location

• Operation

• Classes, selection

• Physical influences

• Data acquisition

• Introduction

• Pressure fundamentals

• Traceability

• Key terminology

• Humidity measuring instruments

• Sensors

• Accuracy of the measurement

• Calibration

• Measurement uncertainty

• Force

• Stress and strain

• Characteristics & operations of a load cell

The course includes a glossary, Pretest, embedded questions, and a Posttest. Questions and responses are shuffled for each user and a documentation certificate is provided. Onboard uncertainty calculator included.

• Introduction

• Uncertainty budgets

• Essentials of expressing measurement uncertainty

• Specification

• Risk analysis

• Related statistical tools

• Standards

• Software

• Features and benefits

• Summary

• Roundness: Introduction, Measurement Methods, Workbench Measurements, Instruments-Turntable and Rotating Pick-up, Geometry of a Part, Interrupted Surfaces, Stylii, Diameter, 3-Point, Radius Methods, MCC, MIC, LSC, MZC, Roundness Evaluation Methods, Interpretation of Graphs, Measuring from a Graph, Using a Template, Filters
• Hardness: How Hardness is Quantified and Tested, Principles of Scratch, File, Durameters, Eddy Current and Indentation Testing, Range and Application of Scales, Conversion Relationships, Surface Preparation, Brinell, Vickers, Knoop, Rockwell, Shore, Microhardness, Types and Use of Indenters
• Surface Texture: Introduction, Why Measure Surface Texture, Causes, Roughness, Waviness, and Form, Peaks and Valleys, Lay, Profile, Sampling Length, Frequency Response, Numbers, Amplitude, Spacing and Hybrid Parameters, Measuring Lengths, Reference Lines, Cut-off, Roughness Average, Stylus

• Acoustics
  What Sound Is, Units of Measure used to Quantify Sound, Components of the Human Ear, Elements of a Sound Meter, Procedures used to Calibrate an Acoustic Meter, Basic Types of Sound Field Microphones, the Addition and Subtraction of Sound Levels

• Vibration
  What Vibration is and Where it Comes From, How to Quantify Vibration Levels, Vibration Parameters, Motion, and Degrees of Freedom, the Selection of Acceleration, Velocity and Displacement Parameters

• Time

• Measurement time scales

• Digital clock accuracy and synchronization

• Time base standards in clocks

• Microwave theory and application

• MW components and circuits

• Antennas

• Introduction
• What is a specification?
• what is a tolerance?
• Measurement uncertainty
• Accreditation
• Ratios
• Specifications, tolerances and uncertainty
• Changes to and adjustment of specification rules
• Evaluation and exam

• Basic concepts including; power produced by voltage

• Using AC-DC transfer standards

• Inductance and capacitance

• Immittance and AC ratio

• Fiber optics background

• Fiber optics concepts

• Optical fiber and cables

• Optical splices, connectors and couplers

• Computer Based Training Module: content, terminology, concepts, graphics, formulas, real world examples, and practice questions from subject matter experts throughout the calibration industry all designed to better prepare a technician for the CCT exam. All in one source!

• This Level II course covers TMDE instruments including operational safety, principles of operation, block diagrams, measurement applications, theory of operation, and general calibration methods. Topics in measurement include the basics of voltage, current, and resistance; and advanced measurements of power, frequency, component testing, waveform analysis, spectrum analysis, and use of signal generators. Allow 6-8 hours

• The lesson will cover the requirements of the standard, how it is applied to calibration and test laboratories, and what a technician who works for an accredited lab needs to know. On completion, you will understand these topics and will understand what behavior and activities are required of you in order for your work to be conformant to the standard.