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The quality calibration handbook; developing and managing a calibration program.

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The quality calibration calibration /cal·i·bra·tion/ (kal?i-bra´shun) determination of the accuracy of an instrument, usually by measurement of its variation from a standard, to ascertain necessary correction factors.  handbook
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; developing and managing a calibration program.

Bucher, Jay L.

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 Quality Press

2007

190 pages

$80.00

Hardcover

T50

Bucher (retired from the Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratories A Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) is a United States Air Force facility in which the calibration and repair of test equipment takes place. This practice is also known as metrology: the science of measurement.  program of the US Air Force) introduces a quality calibration system that he describes as a "tried-and-true quality calibration system that every organization can use as a foundation for its personalized per·son·al·ize  
tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es
1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify.
 program," which can then be modified to meet specific requirements and regulations. Defining calibration as a comparison of test equipment with an unknown uncertainty to a standard with a known uncertainty or the comparison of a piece of test equipment with a standard, he provides guidance both on the basics of the program, developing the program process, and ongoing program management.

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