BYK Instruments - Certification Services for Standards
Whether motivated by regulatory requirements or the need for assurance of correct and reliable measurements a regular certification of your working standards to a certified reference standard is critical to a manufacturing process according to ISO 9001 guidelines.
Our master standards for color and appearance are sent for recertification to international institutes on a routine basis as defined in our ISO 17025 guidelines. A clearly documented chain of calibration including master instruments to create working standards for production and local service standards controls the maintenance at all BYK-Gardner service points and authorized agents.
Traceability of our Standards
Our color & appearance standards are traceable to international reference institutes:
- Gloss Standards: Traceable to Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin / Germany (BAM) and National Research Institiute of Canada (NRC)
- Color Standards: For solid and multi-angle color measurement traceable to National Research Institute of Canada (NRC), National Physical Laboratory, UK (NPL) and Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany (PTB)
- Orange Peel & DOI Standards: Traceable to BYK-Gardner internal reference standards
- Mottling Standards: Traceable to BYK-Gardner internal reference standards
- Total Transmission & Haze Standards: Traceable to National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA (NIST)
Certification Services for Color and Appearance
Our certification services for color and appearance standards include:
- Inspection and documentation of standard condition as received
- Measurement of standard with master instrument
- Cleaning of standard
- Factory calibration certificate or traceable* certificate * offered by BYK-Gardner ISO/IEC 17025
- Inspection sticker
Certification Services for Physical Testing
Our certification services for physical testing tools include:
Adhesion and film thickness cutters / Viscosity cups
- Inspection and documentation of tool condition as received
- Dimensional check with reference standards
- Traceable certificate
Temperature probes / Conductivity cell probes
- Inspection and documentation of tool condition as received
- Resistivity measurement with master instrument
- Traceable certificate
Your Benefits
- Traceable working standard as reference to check performance of instrument
- Technical performance adjusted to smallest uncertainties to meet original specifications
- Fair and realistic calibration appraisals
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