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NIST's Remote Time and Frequency Measurement Service
Delivering Quality Assurance to Labs Worldwide
What is this Service?
NIST provides laboratories around the world with convenient, continuous access to top-quality time and frequency measurements.
These services compare the performance of a customer’s instruments and products to the U.S. standards maintained by NIST. Customers consider this measurement assurance to be essential to their daily operations.
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How do NIST's remote time and frequency calibration services work?
NIST sends the customer reliable, user-friendly electronic equipment, which contains elements such as a GPS receiver and a hardware clock.
This equipment:
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K. Irvine/NIST and Shutterstock
The NIST equipment records results continuously so customers can establish traceability to the International System of Measurements (SI) without moving their in-house standards, reducing their costs.
NIST staff add value by:
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monitoring the measurements
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answering questions and providing technical support
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helping customers get the most out of the system
Who uses these services?
Customer labs are located at:
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K. Irvine/NIST
NIST's remote customers are:
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