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Frequently Asked Questions
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How long have you
been in business?
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Are you ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Accredited?
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Are you compliant with ISO 9000?
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Are you NIST traceable?
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Can you provide me with e-Certs?
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How long are my Certificates of
Calibration retained?
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My company is located in another state.
Can you still provide me with onsite service?
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I need NIST numbers on my Certificates of Calibration. Can you provide
that for me?
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Do you
comply with
ANSI/NSCL Z540?
Cal Lab Company was incorporated August 2nd, 1977.
Yes! All of our laboratories, including our onsite
services, are accredited
to ISO 17025:2005 by the Laboratory Accreditation Bureau.
Illinois Lab:
Certificate and Scope
of Accreditation L2216
Wisconsin Lab: Certificate
and Scope
of Accreditation L2216.01
Yes! A laboratory's fulfillment of the requirements of
ISO/IEC 17025:2005 means the laboratory meets both the technical competence
requirements and management system requirements that are necessary for it
to consistently deliver technically valid test results and calibrations.
The management system requirements in ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (section 4) are
written in language relevant to laboratory operations and meet the principles of
ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems - Requirements and are aligned
with its pertinent requirements.
Click here for the official
Joint ISO-ILAC-IAF Communique.
Yes! All of our standards are fully traceable to NIST. Our
master gauge blocks are sent directly to NIST for calibration.
Yes! Simply login
to access your calibration certificates and much more! Contact our office
to request access. There is no charge for this service.
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Any
calibration that was performed on or after June 1st, 1994 has the calibration
information retained indefinitely on our secure servers. Our servers are
continually backed up and redundant copies are stored offsite.
Yes! Our company was founded on the basis of providing onsite service.
We provide national onsite service. No location is out of reach.
No. Test report numbers issued by NIST are used
solely for administrative purposes. Test report numbers themselves do
not address traceability and should not be considered as the sole evidence of
traceability. Test report numbers should not be
used nor required as proof of the adequacy
or traceability of a test or measurement.
It should be noted that nationally and internationally recognized standards
dealing with test and measurement quality
requirements such as ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 9000 series do not require the use or
reporting of test report numbers to
establish traceability.
Support
documents:
Click here to be directed to the NIST policy on traceability numbers
Click here to view the NCSL International
policy on NIST Numbers
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Yes. “ANSI/NSCL
Z540.1-1994 (R2002) American National Standard for Calibration – Calibration
Laboratories and Measuring and Test Equipment – General Requirements” was
officially withdrawn in July 2007. This consists of Part I – General
Requirements for the Competence of Calibration Laboratories and Part II –
Quality Assurance Requirements for Measuring and Test Equipment (M&TE).
Here is the short history about this standard: This standard is essentially a
combination of the old DOD MIL-STD-45662A (which was cancelled on January 20,
1995), the consensus national standard for the U.S., and ISO Guide 25:1990, the
primary document recognized by the international community to ensure calibration
laboratory competence (which was replaced by ISO/IEC 17025:1999 on December 15,
1999).
ANSI/NSCL Z540.1-1994 (R2002) Part I has been replaced by “ANSI/ISO/IEC
17025:2005 General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration
Laboratories“ in July 2007. ANSI/NSCL Z540.1-1994 (R2002) Part II has been
replaced by “ANSI/NCSL Z540.3-2006 American National Standard for Calibration –
Requirements for the Calibration of Measuring and Test Equipment“ on August 3,
2006.
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