Why do mass standards take more time calibrate than most laboratory equipment?
For a proper calibration, weights need adequate time to establish and maintain a thermal equilibrium with the laboratory before any measurement. One-piece weights take the longest time to calibrate – adjustments are made on a polishing wheel that generates heat and requires 4–8 hours to reestablish thermal equilibrium before any calibration/tolerance checks on a balance. A quality calibration just can not be performed in a matter of days and if someone tells you otherwise then they simply are not following good measurement practices and the quality of the calibration will be drastically inferior. In fact, it is our supposition that if this occurs you are not getting the service that you paid for and you are simply paying for a calibration sticker.
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