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Dave Clement-LDC009 writes:
> FYI, I have a memo from James L. Cigler, Chief, Laboratory Accreditation
> Program, NIST.
>
> A quote from his memo;
> "All calibration and testing laboroatories desiring to be accredited by
> NVLAP after December 1, 1996, must demonstrate compliance with these
> traceability requirements. All calibration and testing laboratories
> currently accredited by NVLAP must demonstrate compliance with these
> traceability requirements by end December 1997."
>
> The traceability referenced in the memo refers to calibration of test
> equipment. When we select cal houses for our test equipment we look for
> compliance to MIL-STD-45662A (Calibration System Requirements) which will
> address NVLAP requirements.
Hope you won't mind a slightly pedantic comment from across the drink,
but MIL-STD-45662A no longer is applicable and has been canceled - vide
US Army Notice 2 of February 27 1995 superseding Notice 1 of 20 January
1995:
"MIL-STD-45662A, dated 1 August 1988, is hereby canceled.
Future acquisitions should refer to International Organization
for Standards (ISO) 10012-1, "Quality Assurance Requirements
for Measuring Equipment", Part 1: Meteorological (sic -
misspelt in original! - WL) Confirmation System for Measuring
Equipment"; American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/
National Conference of Standards Laboratories (NCSL) Z540-1,
"General Requirements for Calibration Laboratories and
Measuring and Test Equipment"; or comparable standards as
alternatives to MIL-STD-45662A."
I have also a copy of a formal "Adoption Notice" by the USAF which
states:
"International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
10012-1 "Quality assurance requirements for measuring
equipment - Part 1: Metrological (got it right that time! WL)
confirmation system for measuring equipment," was adopted
on 7 January 1994 for use by the Department of Defense (DoD)."
Apologies if by the time this appears everyone has realised ISO 10012-1
is now the applicable standard.
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Bill Lyons - [email protected] / [email protected]
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