We offer a full range of pressure and vacuum calibration services to ensure your gages perform well in industrial, medical, and scientific applications. Calibration is a process whereby technicians compare measurements taken from gages in your facility against those from factory-standard gages with known accuracy.
Routine calibration ensures that your gages are up to standard and within allowable tolerances. Regularly calibrating your equipment also results in improved workplace and employee safety along with better machine performance.
At Garber Metrology, all our services are:
Adhering to these standards results in reliable systems and safe employees. In addition, we issue a Certificate of Calibration at the end of each completed job, and all certificates are traceable to the NIST.
Pressure gages appear in factories, laboratories, and the field. Their high prevalence makes it easy to delay or overlook needed repairs, which can lead to equipment failure.
Several factors can cause a pressure gage to fail, including:
While some of these factors are endemic to a given application, others can be mitigated or corrected by trained technicians.
At Garber, we can calibrate equipment that handles up to 20,000 psi. We offer calibration services both on-site and in-house in our calibration lab, and we offer regional pickup and delivery for in-house projects. We perform most jobs within five working days from the time we receive your gage.
Although determining a proper calibration test schedule depends on many factors, most gages require more maintenance as frequency and intensity of use rise.
How do you know when to have your pressure gage calibrated? These steps may be helpful in deciding whether it’s time to schedule a calibration test:
If your company takes critical measurements, you must schedule time for calibration of your pressure gages. Your business owns this equipment to take precise measurements of your products. Without reliable results, you risk sending out goods that fall short of customer expectations. Recalling and remaking those items increases production costs and impacts your brand’s reputation.
Garber Metrology is an expert in calibration, and our team can test pressure gages for clients in various fields. We’ve carried out calibration tests in many industries, including:
Calibration involves computerized tools, which we verify are working properly before beginning calibration. These pressure modules can set a specific amount of pressure, and we test your gage using that standard to ensure its readings are correct.
During vacuum calibration, our certified technicians set a known standard to the tested pressure points and take readings from your gage. We look for deviations between the standard and your gage’s measurements to determine where any issues are occurring.
For many instruments, we test five points within the gage’s capacity, which are separated by 20% of the total capacity.
When we perform high-accuracy calibrations, we inspect 10 points that represent every 10% of the total capacity.
During vacuum calibration, our technicians may determine your pressure gage is out of tolerance. This issue can happen for various reasons, and some problems are repairable. Depending on your gage and the problem causing inaccurate measurements, replacement may be a more suitable option.
Testing various points of your gage lets us pinpoint where inaccurate readings stem from. Our findings can help your company discern the problem.
A pressure gage calibration can help you determine the cause of the problem, you can decide whether repair or replacement is a more fitting option.
At Garber, we perform vacuum calibration services for gages that handle as much as 25 Hg. As with our pressure calibration services, we provide vacuum calibration both on-site and at our facility.
During vacuum calibration, we use computerized pressure modules that can calculate negative pressure capacities. We set a known standard for each pressure point and then inspect and compare each pressure point with the test gage’s readings. This process identifies any deviations from the standard, allowing us to pinpoint where in the system the error occurred.
Each instrument typically receives a five-point vacuum calibration, and we compare the test instrument with the standard instrument at every 20% of capacity. We also perform more precise 10-point calibrations if needed, during which we compare the instruments at every 10% of capacity.
At Garber Metrology, we offer complete pressure and vacuum inspection and calibration services for businesses across the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond. Working with us will give you peace of mind knowing your employees and your facilities remain compliant. If you would like to learn more about our pressure and vacuum calibration services, contact us today.
