Lab Tour

Take a tour of our laboratories. Click on the small thumbnail images to see full size picture.

 

	Testing torque wrenches		The stainless steel one tonne weight is calibrated by the National Physical Laboratory and actually weights 1,000,015g ± 2.5g.
	Mass calibration		The Centre has seven tonnes of hand weights most of which are available for hire.
	Local standards weights
	calibrating length measures		Adjusting traders weights
	Air pressure testing		Digital controls for laboratory environments
	Volumetric measures		Testing the purity of the de-ionised water in use in the lab
	These measures are used for testing petrol pumps.		Some of our certificates providing traceability.
	Temperature calibration		The weighbridge test unit works throughout the North of England
	Local standard measures now replaced by gravimetric testing