AMETEK Land is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its UKAS-accredited infrared temperature calibration laboratory in the UK. In 1970, the laboratory in Sheffield was the first in the country to be accredited by the then British Calibration Service (BCS), now the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), for the issue of calibration certificates for non-contact thermometry.

To date, the laboratory has issued over 22,000 certificates to customers around the world, including industry and research establishments, Formula 1 race teams, other calibration facilities and national laboratories.

The laboratory calibrates in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025:2017 (general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories) and offers a comprehensive service for the certification of infrared thermometers, thermal imagers, scanners and blackbody sources across the range from -10°C to 2500°C.

Over the past five decades, AMETEK Land has gained vast experience in tackling the non-contact temperature measurement challenges of industry and continues to evolve its service offerings to ensure the delivery of highly accurate solutions that precisely meet customer needs.

Additional support services are offered to ensure users are maintaining the accuracy of their temperature measurements, including determining the best method of obtaining traceability for temperature measuring instrumentation; having an independent engineer carry out regular on-site services/checks or returning instruments for certification; ascertaining the emissivity of a material; providing a re-certification reminder service; and offering AMECare service contracts to ensure instruments are professionally maintained and calibrated to operate at peak factory performance levels throughout their lifetime.

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