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Management of Measurement Uncertainty in Calibration |
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Tolerance-to-uncertainty ratio (TUR) |
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Measurement uncertainty can be a useful management tool. When done properly, an uncertainty analysis provides the critical information needed to make data based decisions regarding measurement systems. An uncertainty analysis can highlight opportunities to get the largest return on an investment to a measurement process, whether that investment is new equipment, modification to measurement process, environmental control, or calibration services. In the calibration industry, an uncertainty analysis can be used to show how uncertainty in one calibration impacts subsequent measurement process. Instead of following rules-of-thumb in selecting measurement processes, such as a 4:1 rule or similar, uncertainty management allows for a better balance between cost of calibration and the required uncertainty. In this paper, issues and opportunities with the management of measurement uncertainty are examined, in particular from the perspective of a calibration service provider. |
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