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Automating Data Acquisition on a Mechanical Equal Arm Balance Used in Large Mass Calibrations

June 1, 2010

Author(s)

Kevin L. Chesnutwood

This paper focuses on efforts by the Mass and Force Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to enhance the data taking operations of an approximately 40 year-old mechanical two-pan equal-arm balance used for high-precision mass

Automating Data Acquisition on a Mechanical Equal Arm Balance Used in Large Mass Calibrations

July 27, 2009

Author(s)

Kevin L. Chesnutwood

This paper focuses on efforts by the Mass and Force Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to enhance the data taking operations of an approximately 40 year old mechanical two pan equal arm balance used for high-precision mass

Automation and upgrade of the 27.1 kN dead weight machine at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

March 1, 2007

Author(s)

Kevin L. Chesnutwood, Samuel L. Ho

This paper focuses on the automation and upgrades performed on the 27.1kN (6100 lbf) dead weight machine located at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Of the six dead weight machines maintained at NIST

Automation and Upgrade of the 27.1 kN Dead Weight Machine at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

April 24, 2006

Author(s)

Kevin L. Chesnutwood, Samuel L. Ho

This paper focuses on the automation and upgrades performed on the 27.1 kN (6100 lbf) dead weight machine located at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Of the six dead weight machines maintained at NIST

Redesign of the 112.5 kN Dead Weight Machine Snubber System

February 1, 2005

Author(s)

Kevin L. Chesnutwood

This paper forcuses on the redesign of the snubber system that is used in the 112.5kN dead weight machine located at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Obstacles that were overcame pertaining to the original

Evaluation of Load Cells for Legal Metrology at NIST

January 1, 2001

Author(s)

Kevin L. Chesnutwood

Load cells for use in legal metrology issues are evaluated in accordance with the National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP) and the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML). An overview of the role played by the National Institute of Standards

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