Electromagnetic compatibility testing facility installed in force laboratory. (News Briefs).A NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. scientist successfully led the efforts to procure, prepare, install, and validate an electromagnetic compatibility (hardware, testing) Electromagnetic Compatibility - (EMC) The extent to which a piece of hardware will tolerate electrical interference from other equipment, and will interfere with other equipment. testing facility for immunity measurements of digital load cells. This facility has been installed as part of the NIST Force Laboratory and consists of an electro-magnetically anechoic anechoic /an·echo·ic/ (an-e-ko´ik) 1. without echoes; said of a chamber for measuring the effects of sound. 2. sonolucent. anechoic in ultrasonography, an absence of internal echoes. 7 m enclosure, together with associated instruments for conducting tests for the immunity of digital load cells to radiated ra·di·ate v. ra·di·at·ed, ra·di·at·ing, ra·di·ates v.intr. 1. To send out rays or waves. 2. To issue or emerge in rays or waves: Heat radiated from the stove. electromagnetic fields in accordance with the International Electro-technical Commission as required by International Organization for Legal Metrology R60 specifications for legal metrology testing. Features were incorporated into the system to enable the application of force to transducers while maintaining proper radiated field uniformity. CONTACT: Tom Bartel, (301) 975-6461; thomas. bartel@nist.gov. |
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