Quality Calibration Handbook - Developing and Managing a Calibration Program

Description

If a business expects to be a player in their market segment, their product(s) must have the quality expected by their customers. This can only be accomplished with test equipment that produces repeatable, accurate, and traceable measurements and/or outputs. Without a quality calibration system in place, this cannot and will not happen. This book is about how to design, implement, maintain, and continuously improve a quality calibration system, with all the required documentation, traceability, and known uncertainty for each and every item of test equipment owned and used by any company, large or small. It will benefit companies that want to implement a program and also those that already have one in place. Some industries have tighter requirements than others on how they treat calibration; some are more specific about how their standards are read, while being vague about what is needed to meet calibration. Is there one tried-and-true quality calibration system that every organization can use as a foundation for its personalized program? There certainly is, and this book describes it. By using the quality calibration system outlined and demonstrated, any organization can put together its own version to meet its specific requirements and/or regulations. Content: Front Matter • List of Figures and Tables • Preface • Table of Contents •Part I. Why Calibration is Critical 1. Preventing the Next Great Train Wreck 2. Requirements and Standards - What They Really Say •Part II. The Basics of a Quality Calibration System 3. The Basics 4. Calibration Procedures 5. Calibration Records • 6. It's Out of Tolerance - Now What? 7. Calibration Standards 8. Traceability 9. Uncertainty 10. Calibration Labels •Part III. Developing a Quality Calibration Program• 11. Meeting Your Needs and Requirements 12. Calibration Environment • 13. Calibration Scheduling • 14. Calibration Software • 15. Calibration Intervals •Part IV. Managing a Quality Calibration Program 16. Continuous Process Improvement 17. Ethics: The Last Frontier 18. Training 19. The Audit 20. Keeping Your Program Ahead of an Ever-Changing World • Glossary Index • About the Author