Calibration Service Options
Explore the Transcat Quality Program
Transcat offers customers a choice of non-accredited and 17025 accredited calibration service levels, depending on your company’s quality policy requirements and the requirements and standards of your industry.
View detailed descriptions of Transcat’s calibration service levels
- Calibration Without Data (Non-accredited)
- Calibration With Data (Non-accredited)
- Accredited Calibration With Data & Uncertainties (Simple Acceptance)
- With Optional Guard Banding
- With Optional Probability of Compliance to the Specifications (PCS)
- With Optional Guard Banding and PCS
Note: Per ILAC P14, Calibrations that do not include reported measurement uncertainties prevent the respective instrument from propagating traceability. Visit our resource page for more information on ILAC P14, Z540.3 and other quality requirements.
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- ISO 9001:2015 Compliant Quality System
- ISO 17025:2017 Compliant Quality System
- 21 CFR Part 820.75 Validated Metrology Management System
- 10 CFR Part 21 and Part 50 Appendix B compliant
- Calibrated to manufacturer’s specifications or customer requirement
- ISO 9001:2015 Compliant Quality System
- ISO 17025:2017 Compliant Quality System
- 21 CFR Part 820.75 Validated Metrology Management System
- 10 CFR Part 21 and Part 50 Appendix B compliant
- Calibrated to manufacturer’s specifications or customer requirement
- As-found/As-left data provided
- Tolerances provided
- ISO 9001:2015 Compliant Quality System
- ISO 17025:2017 Compliant Quality System
- 21 CFR Part 820.75 Validated Metrology Management System
- 10 CFR Part 21 and Part 50 Appendix B compliant
- Calibrated to manufacturer’s specifications or customer requirement
- As-found/As-left data provided
- Tolerances provided
- NQA-1 Compliant
- Z540.1 Compliant
- Accreditation includes ANSI/NCSL Z540.3-2006 1
- Traceable to SI Units
- Test Uncertainty Ratio (TUR) calculation provided
- Enables analysis of an instrument’s impact on a process
- Detailed uncertainties provided
- Enables evaluation of risk in instrument applications
Optional
- Measurement of Guard Banding 2
- Transcat’s Exclusive Probability of Compliance to the Specifications (PCS) Service 3, 4
1 - Read our FAQ on ANSI Z540.3.
2 - Read our white paper on Guard Banding 101.
3 - Download our white paper on Transcat’s Exclusive Probability of Compliance to the Specification (PCS) Service.
4 - Optional PCS service may be added to this service level at an optional fee. The customer must specify the decision rule to be applied to the Guard Banding.
Take Deep Dive into our Multiple Calibration Service Options
Transcat accommodates the varying quality system requirements of our customers with multiple service offerings to suit all calibration needs. Explore our service offerings below, including a summary of each service levels and sample certificates.
Our team of calibration specialists are happy to answer your questions and help you determine the service level that’s right for your organization. As always, which service level you choose is entirely up to you.
All Transcat calibration reports are available online via Transcat’s C3 portal.
1. Calibration without Data (Non-accredited)
This level of service includes a calibration certificate and sticker for your instrument. We will evaluate it to a Pass/Fail criterion and no as-found or as-left data will be recorded or provided. This level is unaccredited and not traceable to a national standard. This level of calibration will not have an accreditation logo.
2. Calibration with Data (Non-accredited)
This level of service provides you with a calibration in which the as found and as left data will be recorded and provided along with your calibration certificate and sticker for your instrument. We will also provide you a separate out of tolerance (OOT) report, as well as Test Uncertainty Ratios (TUR) when the TUR’s are < 4:1. This level is unaccredited and not traceable to a national standard. This level of calibration will not have an accreditation logo.3. Accredited Calibration With Data & Uncertainties (Simple Acceptance)
This level of service provides you with a calibration in which the as found and as left data with measurement uncertainties and test uncertainty ratios (TUR) will be recorded and provided along with your calibration certificate and sticker for your instrument. This level fully complies with ISO 17025, and meets NIST Traceability requirements. Transcat’s default Guard Banding method will be Simple Acceptance (ASME B89.7.3.1) to be applied as your Decision Rule unless you select one of the Guard Band methods below. This level of calibration will have an accreditation logo.
a. With Optional Guard Banding
This level of service provides you with a calibration in which the as-found and as left data with measurement uncertainties, test uncertainty ratios (TUR) and Guard Banding will be recorded and provided along with your calibration certificate and sticker for your instrument. This level fully complies with ISO 17025 and Z540.3 standards and meets NIST Traceability requirements. This level of calibration will have an accreditation logo.
Customers may also choose an alternate Guard Banding Decision Rule. This must be specified at the time of placing their order
- ANSI/NCSL Z540.3: 2006, Method 5
- ANSI/NCSL Z540.3: 2006 Method 6
- ILAC G8:2019, Table 1
- ASME B89.7.3.1, clause 5.2, Stringent Acceptance
- ASME B89.7.3.1, clause 5.3, Relaxed Acceptance
- With Optional Probability of Compliance to the Specifications (PCS)
This level of service provides you with a calibration in which the as-found and as left data with full test uncertainty ratios (TUR) and Transcat’s PCS measurement risk feature will be recorded and provided along with your calibration certificate and sticker for your instrument. This level fully complies with ISO 17025 and Z540.3 standards, and meets NIST Traceability requirements. Transcat’s PCS feature quantifies the measurement risk with a threshold level of 98% PCS (equivalent to 2% PFA); you may set this threshold to a different level, depending on your quality requirements and risk management policy. For more information on Transcat’s PCS tool, check out our white paper. This level of calibration will have an accreditation logo.
b. With Optional Guard Banding and PCS
This level of service provides you with a calibration in which the as-found and as left data with full test uncertainty ratios (TUR) and Transcat’s PCS measurement risk feature will be recorded and provided along with your calibration certificate and sticker for your instrument. This level fully complies with ISO 17025 and Z540.3 standards, and meets NIST Traceability requirements. Transcat’s PCS feature quantifies the measurement risk with a threshold level of 98% PCS (equivalent to 2% PFA); you may set this threshold to a different level, depending on your quality requirements and risk management policy. For more information on Transcat’s PCS tool, check out our white paper. This level of calibration will have an accreditation logo.
c. With Optional Guard Banding and PCS
This level of service provides you with a calibration in which the as-found and as left data with measurement uncertainties, test uncertainty ratios (TUR) and Guard Banding and Transcat’s PCS feature will be recorded and provided along with your calibration certificate and sticker for your instrument. This level fully complies with ISO 17025 and Z540.3 standards, and meets NIST Traceability requirements. With this service level, the Guard Band method selected will be used to identify Pass/Fail for the Guard Band Acceptance Limits while Transcat’s PCS feature will simply quantify the exact measurement risk that exists for each measurement result. This level of calibration will have an accreditation logo.
Customers may also choose an alternate Guard Banding Decision Rule. This must be specified at the time of placing their order
- ANSI/NCSL Z540.3: 2006, Method 5
- ANSI/NCSL Z540.3: 2006 Method 6
- ILAC G8:2019, Table 1
- ASME B89.7.3.1, clause 5.2, Stringent Acceptance
- ASME B89.7.3.1, clause 5.3, Relaxed Acceptance
For more information about our accreditation or your calibration requirements, contact one of our calibration professionals at 800-828-1470.
