NIST Traceable In-House Certification

What is an NIST Traceable In-House Certification?

NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) is a federal agency under the Department of Commerce that is responsible for developing and maintaining measurement standards in the United States. NIST Traceable means that all calibrations and measurements made in our facility are linked to the U.S. national standards through a documented, unbroken chain of comparisons. Think of it this way: If you needed to ensure with complete certainty that a payload was exactly 1 lb., you would need to use a scale that could trace its weight calibrations to the original measurement standards set by the Department of Commerce and NIST. This is the integrity of measurement you can expect with regards to the calibration of Amptec Research brand equipment.

This traceability ensures that the results of our calibrations are consistent, reliable, and accepted worldwide. Any facility in the United States that performs calibrations of high-accuracy equipment should abide by NIST Traceability in order to be considered a reliable, trustworthy service provider.
 

What are the benefits of this traceability?

By maintaining this traceability, you can be confident that Amptec Research brand instruments meet rigorous measurement criteria, which is critical in industries where accuracy and compliance are paramount. As our equipment is often used in the testing of explosive devices, igniters, and in fuel-filled environments, it’s of the utmost importance that our instruments are highly accurate against an internationally recognized standard. All our calibrations are performed in one sole facility, both for the manufacture of new products and the repair/maintenance of existing products, meaning that every single calibration we perform abides by this NIST Traceability standard. Purchasing a brand new instrument with us ensures your product meets these stringent measurement standards, and you can ensure that same standard is met if you use our repair and maintenance services over the lifespan of your Amptec Research brand equipment.

This type of guarantee is self-certifying. We maintain in-house documentation to back up our claim of NIST traceability, which we are happy to discuss with clients upon request. We testify to this commitment to traceability with a self-certifying statement on every single calibration certificate we generate. If you use our calibration services you will receive a copy of this statement on your calibration certificate, which is signed by both a product technician/engineer and a supervisor.

For more information about this certification, feel free to contact us. You may view an example of the statement we publish on every calibration certificate below.

View Our Self-Certifying Statement