NIST Handbook 44 - Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices (2023 Ed.)

Published

January 30, 2023

Author(s)

Tina Butcher, Richard A. Harshman, Gloria Lee, Juana Williams, Jan Konijnenburg, Lisa Warfield, Katrice Lippa, Shelby Bowers, Elizabeth Benham

Abstract

NIST Handbook 44 includes specifications, tolerances, and other technical requirements for weighing and measuring devices. These requirements are intended to encourage the design, installation, testing, and use of weighing and measuring devices that provide for accurate, repeatable measurements; facilitate clear and transparent transactions for buyer and seller; and do not facilitate fraud. Handbook 44 is adopted by many state, local, and some federal weights and measures authorities to apply to commercial weighing and measuring equipment and associated equipment and for use in applications for law enforcement and the collection of statistical information by government agencies. NIST has a statutory responsibility for "cooperation with the states in securing uniformity of weights and measures laws and methods of inspection" and publishes this and other NIST Handbooks in partial fulfillment of this responsibility. NIST Handbook 44 was first published in 1949, having been preceded by similar handbooks of various designations and in several forms, beginning in 1918; the handbook is now typically published on an annual basis. This 2023 edition includes amendments made through the Committee on Specifications and Tolerances of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) with technical guidance from the Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and input from weights and measures officials and industry representatives. These amendments were adopted by the NCWM at its 107th Annual Meeting in July 2022.

Citation

Handbook (NIST HB) - 44 (2023 Ed.)

Report Number

44 (2023 Ed.)

NIST Pub Series

Handbook (NIST HB)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.HB.44-2023

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Keywords

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Citation

Butcher, T. , Harshman, R. , Lee, G. , Williams, J. , Konijnenburg, J. , Warfield, L. , Lippa, K. , Bowers, S. and Benham, E. (2023), NIST Handbook 44 - Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices (2023 Ed.), Handbook (NIST HB), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.HB.44-2023, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=935845 (Accessed July 12, 2025)