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EVENTS

NISTIR 6969 SOP 8 - Part 1

Virtual Event

April 1, 2015

Adobe Connect

You must register in the Office of Weights and Measures Contacts System. You must first establish a primary contact account by going to the link listed above. Follow the instructions to create an account unless you are already a registered user. The Quick Guide provides an overview of the training registration process.

Your request for a contact account will be processed within one business day. You will be sent a password, so that you can then register in our training system (How to Request Training & Transcript Using the Contacts System-PDF) for this class. If you have any questions, contact Isabel Chavez at 301-975-2128.

This 2 hour webinar will examine calibrating large tolerance weights using the Modified Substitution Mass Calibration procedure (SOP 8).

Learning Objectives:

At the end of (or during) this session, using your notes and SOP 8, participants will be able to:

DESCRIBE the process of SOP 8;
IDENTIFY sources of error;
IDENTIFY when use of SOP 8 is appropriate; and
Correctly IMPLEMENT SOP 8.

Technology Requirement(s):

The Webcast will be streamed in medium bandwidth (350kbs), so viewers needed to have a constant connection during the webcast.

Hardware and operating system configurations:

Windows XP (Explorer 8, 9, 10, 11; Mozilla Firefox; Google Chrome)
Windows Vista (Internet Explorer or Firefox)
Windows 7 or 8 (Mozilla Firefox; Google Chrome)
Apple Mac OS 10.5x (Mozilla Firefox; Apple Safari; Google Chrome)
Ubuntu Linux (Firefox only)

Media players In order to access the event, you must have, at a minimum, Adobe® Flash® Player 11.2+ installed on your computer. Please visit http://get2.adobe.com/flashplayer/ to download the Flash Player.

Internet browsers In order to access the event, you must have either Microsoft Internet Explorer (Explorer 8, 9, 10, 11) or Mozilla Firefox 3+ browser for Windows operating systems. For accessing events via Mac operating systems you must have Mozilla Firefox 3+ or Safari 4.x.

Optional: If you have never attended an Adobe Connect meeting before: Test your connection: http://nist.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm Get a quick overview: http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html

Materials & Supplies:

Participants need to locate a field weight kit made up of fourteen (14) 2-lb weights. This kit will be used to make measurements as part of the webinar. Measurement information will be used in Webinar NISTIR 6969 SOP 8 - Part 2.

Prerequisite(s):

Participants must have successfully completed the Fundamentals of Metrology Seminar.

Pre-Work:

Read SOP 29: http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/labmetrology/sops.cfm
Read SOP 8: http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/labmetrology/sops.cfm

Select the proper balance to calibrate a 2 lb mass standard,
Read all applicable instrument manuals for the balance and become familiar with the balance operation.
Identify the 2 lb mass artifact that will be used as the standard during this calibration process and locate the applicable calibration report for that artifact.

Review "Uncertainty Definition" slides from Fundamentals (attached)
Complete an Uncertainty Budget table (attached) based on identified components currently being used in your laboratory. Think about whether there might be more components to consider.

Minimum Requirement(s):

Completion includes completing pre-work assignment, full attendance and participation in the session activities and discussion.

Audience:

Laboratory personnel who have responsibilities for developing, implementing, and/or improving the quality management system in their laboratory as well as those who are seeking OWM recognition and/or accreditation or improvements to support recognition/accreditation. This course is available for weights and measures participants only.

Cost:

Registration fees for State weights and measures regulatory officials and metrologists are funded by NIST OWM.

Instructor(s):

Val Miller
Office of Weights and Measures
Phone: (301) 975 - 3602
Email: val.miller [at] nist.gov (val[dot]miller[at]nist[dot]gov)

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Created December 11, 2014, Updated July 23, 2020