APMP/TCFF meeting in December, 2009 How many accredited calibration laboratories are there in the field of fluid flow? Yoshiya TERAO National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) APMP/TCFF meeting in December, 2009
Number of accredited labs Search on Web EA(European co-operation for Accreditation) provides a database, where you can retrieve the accredited labs in EA by one search. USA: NAVLAP and A2LA APMP: Korea, Australia and Japan
Accredited labs in Europe Country/ Economy Accreditation Program Number of labs Field of accreditation (NS: Not specified) UK UKAS 31 Water: 11, Hydrocarbon: 6, Gas: 19, Air Speed: 8 Germany DAR-DKD 27 Water: 9, Gas: 8, Air Speed: 6, NS: 5 France COFRAC 22 Water: 15, Gas: 6, Air Speed: 4 Slovakia SNAS 19 Water: 1, NS: 18 Spain ENAK 15 NS Denmark DANAK 14 Czech CAI 7 Water:2, Gas: 2, NS: 5 Finland FINAS 4 Liquid: 3, Gas: 2 Portugal IPAC 2 Ireland INAB 1
Accredited labs in the United States Accreditation Program Number of labs Field of accreditation NAVLAP 6 Water: 4, Hydrocarbon: 2, Gas: 3 A2LA 51 Liquid: 12, Gas: 44, Air Speed: 2
Accredited labs in Asia Pacific Country/ Economy Accreditation Program Number of labs Field of accreditation Korea KOLAS 26 Liquid: 13, Gas: 13 Australia NATA 17 Liquid: 10, Gas: 5, Air Speed: 2 Japan (current) JCSS 8 Water: 1, Hydrocarbon: 1, Gas: 5, Air Speed: 1 ASNITE 1 Water: 1 Japan (Near Future) 13 Water: 4, Hydrocarbon: 4, Hydrocarbon: 1
An example from A2LA
0.000 000 7 4.99 = 1.4 ×10-7 . Who believes?
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