Field Calibration at a Location Convenient for You
Field services are performed at a location chosen by the customer, which is remote from the calibration service provider’s facility. Field calibration services are often performed at the customer’s place of business, but may be required at a job site or another facility.
Field Calibration at Your Convenience
Depending on your service needs, field calibration may be your most convenient option for one or more of the following reasons:
- Eliminates the inconvenience and risk of transporting large or fragile items.
- Minimizes instrument downtime because items can remain in service until calibration is performed.
- Eliminates the need to stabilize dimensional instruments for temperature and humidity conditions before calibration. When calibration is performed in an instrument’s own work environment, conditions don’t vary as they would during shipping. Stabilization is important for consistent measurement readings and accuracy.
Even with all of these benefits, field calibration is not the answer for everyone.
- It may be more costly for only a few or small items, if the calibration lab has travel charges that are higher than shipping expenses would be.
- Not all instruments can be calibrated in the field due to the equipment required to perform the services.
Field Calibration at LTI
LTI Metrology, our calibration lab at Laboratory Testing Inc., calibrates many measuring hand tools and gages, surface plates, optical comparators, balances, hardness testers, compression testing machines, electrical instruments and temperature equipment in the field. Our newest capabilities allow us to do oven surveys, system accuracy tests, and controller calibrations to meet Nadcap requirements.
LTI field technicians can provide adjustments and repairs while calibrating your instruments and resurface surface plates to bring measurements within grade guidelines. A Calibration Certificate is provided for each item calibrated showing all results and any adjustments or repairs that were made.
Field calibration is NIST traceable and our lab is A2LA accredited for the calibration of most instruments in the field. For more information on pricing or to schedule field calibration services, contact Mike Hiller, Field Supervisor, at mhiller@labtesting.com or 215-716-7150.