Expert calibration lab in
Manchester – United Kingdom

Opening hours

Mon
08:00 - 17:00
Tue
08:00 - 17:00
Wed
08:00 - 17:00
Thu
08:00 - 17:00
Fri
08:00 - 15:30
Contact
+44 800 200 6050
Park Gate Close
Bredbury Park Way
Bredbury
Stockport
SK6 2SL
UKAS Accreditation

UKAS Accreditation

ISO 17025

ISO 17025

CAPABILITIES

Accredited Capabilities
Traceable Capabilities
Accelerometry
Acoustics
Air Velocity
Dimensional
Electricity
Force
Hardness
Mass / Scale
Pressure / Vacuum
Temperature
Time / Frequency
Torque
Scales
Accelerometry

Accelerometry

Accredited Capabilities

UK Calibration Scope

  • Accelerometer: 1.0 m/s² to 100 m/s² (0 Hz to 10 kHz…)
  • Temperature: -50 to 190 degrees °C

Common equipment serviced: Integrated piezoelectric electronics, Piezoelectric accelerometers, Piezoresistive accelerometers, Charge amplifiers and systems

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Acoustics

Acoustics

Accredited Capabilities

UK Calibration Scope

  • Pressure calibration (two-point with pistonphone and calibrator): 250 Hz (84 dB, 114 dB or 125 dB) and 1 kHz (84 dB or 125 dB)
  • Full electrical calibration

Common equipment serviced: Sound level meters, Measurement microphones, Acoustic calibrators, pistonphones and multi-tone calibrators, Noise dosimeters, Outdoor and surface microphones, Sound intensity probes

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Air Velocity

Air Velocity

Accredited Capabilities
Dimensional

Dimensional

Accredited Capabilities

UK Calibration Scope

  • Gauge block (steel, tungsten carbide,…): up to 1500 mm
  • Long length (standard tape rules, peripheral gauges…): up to 50 m
  • Graticules, Scales, Profile projectors, Calipers, Micrometers, Surface plates, surface tables

Common equipment serviced: Angle instruments, Measuring bench/optical, Depth gauge, Gauge blocks, Height gauges, Micrometers, Length instruments, Limit gauges, Form and surface, Thread gauges

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Electricity

Electricity

Accredited Capabilities

UK Calibration Scope

  • DC Voltage: 0 V to 10 kV
  • AC Voltage (10 Hz to 1 MHz): 0 V to 1 kV
  • DC Currents: 0 to 6000 A
  • AC Currents (10 Hz to 300 Hz): 0 to 6000 A
  • AC Resistance (70 Hz to 20 KHz): 1 Ω to 10 K omega
  • DC Resistance: 0 to 100 T omega
  • Inductance: 1 µH to 10 H
  • Capacitance: 0.01 fF to 10 mF
  • High voltage:
    • DC: 1 kV to 150 kV
    • AC (50 Hz): 1 kV to 50 kV

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Force

Force

Accredited Capabilities

UK Calibration Scope

  • Push pull force measuring devices in tension and compression: up to 2500 N
  • Load Cells: up to 100 kN (compression and tension)

Common equipment serviced: Dynamometers, Force machines (Tension and/or Compression), Load cell, Force gauges, Strainmeter, Crimping pliers, Charpy testers, Cable tie tools, Press, Retention tools, Wire wrap tools, Spring balance

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Hardness

Hardness

Non-accredited Capabilities

Global Calibration Scope:  Brinell, Rockwell, Vickers, Leeb hardness (Shore A, B, C, D, Do, E, 0, M, 00…)

Common equipment serviced: Hardness tester and machine, Durometer, Hardness block, Indenter, Dead weight hardness rubber testers, Penetrometers and penetration cones

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Mass / Scale

Mass / Scale

Accredited Capabilities

UK Calibration Scope

  • Mass: 1 mg to 1750 kg (range depending to class less than E2, F2, M1…)

Common equipment serviced: Weight, Weighing devices (Weighing scale, Hopper scale, Tank scale, Platform scale, etc), Weighing instruments for blood collection bags

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Pressure / Vacuum

Pressure / Vacuum

Accredited Capabilities

UK Calibration Scope

  • Gas pressure (gauge, absolute and differential): up to 10.1 MPa
  • Hydraulic pressure (gauge and absolute): up to 500 MPa

Common equipment serviced: Manometers, Pressure calibrators, Sensor transmitters, Vacuum, Safety devices, Pressure balance

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Temperature

Temperature

Non-accredited Capabilities
UK Calibration Scope
  • Range: -196°C up to 1500°C
  • Fixed points: TP Mercury, TP Water, Melting point of Galium, FP Indium, FP Tin, FP Zinc…

Common equipment serviced: temperature measurers, Generators/calibrators, Chillers, Thermistors, Infrared radiation sources, Temperature Controllers, Temperature Indicators

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Time / Frequency

Time / Frequency

Accredited Capabilities
UK Calibration Scope
  • Tachometer, stroboscope: 2 up to 100,000 RPM
  • Frequency meters, frequency generators, counters: up to 40 GHz with specific capability up to 110 GHz

Common equipment serviced: Digital Timers, Frequency Counters, Frequency Meters / Generators, Frequency Standards, Stopwatches, Stroboscopes, Tachometers, Timers, Phasemeter, Standard RPM generators, Synchro-resolvers, Signal generators

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Torque

Torque

Accredited Capabilities
UK Calibration Scope
  • Torque measuring devices (sensors, transducers, measuring chains…): 0.05 to  3 000 Nm
  • Hand torque tools (wrenches, screwdrivers …): 0.1 to  2,500 Nm

Common equipment serviced: Torque analyzer, Torque sensor, Torque tester, Torquemeter, Torque transducer, Torque multiplier, Torque gun, Torque wrench, Torque screwdriver, Joint simulator, Hydraulic torque wrench

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Scales

Scales

Accredited Capabilities

Global Scope:

  • Non-automatic weighing instruments (NAWI) with maximum capacity up to 240 tons (legal metrology, maintenance and repair)
  • Automatic weighing instruments (AWI) with maximum capacity up to 2000 kg

Common equipment serviced: NAWI, AWI (hopper weighing scales, gravimetric filling instruments, catch weighing scales, dynamic railway weighing, dynamic vehicle weighing, etc.)

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Accelerometry

UK Calibration Scope

  • Accelerometer: 1.0 m/s² to 100 m/s² (0 Hz to 10 kHz…)
  • Temperature: -50 to 190 degrees °C

Common equipment serviced: Integrated piezoelectric electronics, Piezoelectric accelerometers, Piezoresistive accelerometers, Charge amplifiers and systems

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Acoustics

UK Calibration Scope

  • Pressure calibration (two-point with pistonphone and calibrator): 250 Hz (84 dB, 114 dB or 125 dB) and 1 kHz (84 dB or 125 dB)
  • Full electrical calibration

Common equipment serviced: Sound level meters, Measurement microphones, Acoustic calibrators, pistonphones and multi-tone calibrators, Noise dosimeters, Outdoor and surface microphones, Sound intensity probes

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Air Velocity
Dimensional

UK Calibration Scope

  • Gauge block (steel, tungsten carbide,…): up to 1500 mm
  • Long length (standard tape rules, peripheral gauges…): up to 50 m
  • Graticules, Scales, Profile projectors, Calipers, Micrometers, Surface plates, surface tables

Common equipment serviced: Angle instruments, Measuring bench/optical, Depth gauge, Gauge blocks, Height gauges, Micrometers, Length instruments, Limit gauges, Form and surface, Thread gauges

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Electricity

UK Calibration Scope

  • DC Voltage: 0 V to 10 kV
  • AC Voltage (10 Hz to 1 MHz): 0 V to 1 kV
  • DC Currents: 0 to 6000 A
  • AC Currents (10 Hz to 300 Hz): 0 to 6000 A
  • AC Resistance (70 Hz to 20 KHz): 1 Ω to 10 K omega
  • DC Resistance: 0 to 100 T omega
  • Inductance: 1 µH to 10 H
  • Capacitance: 0.01 fF to 10 mF
  • High voltage:
    • DC: 1 kV to 150 kV
    • AC (50 Hz): 1 kV to 50 kV

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Force

UK Calibration Scope

  • Push pull force measuring devices in tension and compression: up to 2500 N
  • Load Cells: up to 100 kN (compression and tension)

Common equipment serviced: Dynamometers, Force machines (Tension and/or Compression), Load cell, Force gauges, Strainmeter, Crimping pliers, Charpy testers, Cable tie tools, Press, Retention tools, Wire wrap tools, Spring balance

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Hardness
Mass / Scale

UK Calibration Scope

  • Mass: 1 mg to 1750 kg (range depending to class less than E2, F2, M1…)

Common equipment serviced: Weight, Weighing devices (Weighing scale, Hopper scale, Tank scale, Platform scale, etc), Weighing instruments for blood collection bags

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Pressure / Vacuum

UK Calibration Scope

  • Gas pressure (gauge, absolute and differential): up to 10.1 MPa
  • Hydraulic pressure (gauge and absolute): up to 500 MPa

Common equipment serviced: Manometers, Pressure calibrators, Sensor transmitters, Vacuum, Safety devices, Pressure balance

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Temperature
UK Calibration Scope
  • Range: -196°C up to 1500°C
  • Fixed points: TP Mercury, TP Water, Melting point of Galium, FP Indium, FP Tin, FP Zinc…

Common equipment serviced: temperature measurers, Generators/calibrators, Chillers, Thermistors, Infrared radiation sources, Temperature Controllers, Temperature Indicators

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Time / Frequency
UK Calibration Scope
  • Tachometer, stroboscope: 2 up to 100,000 RPM
  • Frequency meters, frequency generators, counters: up to 40 GHz with specific capability up to 110 GHz

Common equipment serviced: Digital Timers, Frequency Counters, Frequency Meters / Generators, Frequency Standards, Stopwatches, Stroboscopes, Tachometers, Timers, Phasemeter, Standard RPM generators, Synchro-resolvers, Signal generators

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Torque
UK Calibration Scope
  • Torque measuring devices (sensors, transducers, measuring chains…): 0.05 to  3 000 Nm
  • Hand torque tools (wrenches, screwdrivers …): 0.1 to  2,500 Nm

Common equipment serviced: Torque analyzer, Torque sensor, Torque tester, Torquemeter, Torque transducer, Torque multiplier, Torque gun, Torque wrench, Torque screwdriver, Joint simulator, Hydraulic torque wrench

This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.

Scales