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2026 International Conference of Weighing

July 13, 2026

David Sefcik and Jan Konijnenburg from the NIST Office of Weights and Measures, together with Leon Chao from the NIST Fundamental Electrical Measurements Group...

New NIST Special Publication 2200 on Cannabis Scale Suitability

July 10, 2026

In the last several years, the sale and use of cannabis products have been legalized in multiple States in the United States. With this legalization comes the...

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Legal Metrology Meets the Digital Age

July 7, 2025

The days when a telephone was just a device to make phone calls are long gone. Nowadays, almost everybody has a smartphone with the capability to use it as a...

Legal Metrology: Maintaining Our Trust in Measurements

January 8, 2025

Without realizing it, metrology and its associated standards and services play a big role in our daily lives. We buy groceries that are weighed or measured...

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Considerations for Class II Scale Applications

June 26, 2024

For several years, there has been an increase in the use of Class II scales in commercial applications. Previously relegated to pharmacies, jewelry stores, and...

The UK to recognize CE-marked weighing and measuring instruments

May 1, 2024

Before Brexit when the United Kingdom (UK) was still part of the European Union (EU), products placed on the UK market were required to comply with the EU...

NIST Special Publication on WIM Systems Used in Law Enforcement Applications

April 1, 2024

Introduction According to the 2021 Fact Sheet: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal, one in five miles of U.S. highways and major roads and over 45,000 bridges...

What is the true meaning of a “scale division” (d) versus a “verification scale division” (e)

September 28, 2023

Introduction If you are a state weights and measures official, scale manufacturer, or any other stakeholder dealing with scales used for commercial transactions...

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Our Digital Future in Legal Metrology: Lessons Learned from the International Conference of Weighing

June 30, 2023

On April 24-26, 2023 the European Weighing Industry Association ( CECIP) organized the first meeting of the International Conference of Weighing (ICW) in...

Small Volume Provers (SVPs): Small-Scale Measurement Devices with a Big Impact

March 31, 2023

Over the past few years, the United States has imported (and exported) about 8.5 million barrels per day of petroleum [1]. Assuming that one barrel is worth $75...

Investigating Coriolis Mass Flow Meters as Field Reference Meters – Compressed Natural Gas Applications

June 30, 2022

Commercial metering systems are ubiquitous in the commercial marketplace (to dispense liquified products, from gas and water to food products and agricultural...

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