NIST PUBLISHES SEVENTH EDITION OF NATIONAL TYPE EVALUATION PROGRAM PUBLICATION.

NIST has published the seventh edition of National Conference on Weights and Measures Publication 14, National Type Evaluation Program Technical Policy, Checklists, and Test Procedures. Since 1984 NIST has administered the National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP) in cooperation with the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM), industry, and the states. NTEP tests commercial weighing and measuring devices to determine their compliance with the requirements in NIST Handbook 44, Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices. Many states require that commercial weighing and measuring devices have NTEP Certificates of Conformance.

The seventh edition incorporates the changes that have been made to NIST Handbook 44 and to the type evaluation checklists over the last 2 years. The checklists in Publication 14 document the criteria used by NTEP laboratories to verify the compliance of weighing and measuring devices with legal metrology requirements. Manufacturers of the devices use the checklists to design their devices to comply with requirements, thereby reducing design costs and decreasing the time required to get the products to the market.