Measure Referral Card

equipment. Every item should have a label affixed to it

information necessary to identify a single piece of

that indicates the calibration status of that item. All

TAMS equipment and to update the data base.

labels must be attached in a conspicuous place, so as to

This card is used to record a calibration action, to

be readily seen by all interested persons, and all tags

add or delete equipment in the inventory, to reschedule

must remain attached to the instruments as long as the

equipment for calibration at other than the prescribed

information on the tag is pertinent.

time, to transfer custody of equipment from one activity

In the following sections we will discuss the labels

to another, or strictly to record man-hours for a

and the tags, and the criteria for their use.

completed calibration.

The white copy of the completed METER card is

CALIBRATED

forwarded to the MOCC where the information is

keypunched into a computer to update the MEASURE

This label (black lettering, white background),

data base. The new information is then printed on

which comes in three different sizes, is the most

another METER card and sent to the customer activity

commonly used label in the METCAL program. It

to be used the next time another transaction is to be

indicates that an instrument is within its applicable

completed.

tolerance on all parameters.

Accurate data, completeness, and legibility in filling

CALIBRATED - REFER TO

out the METER card are essential.

REPORT

EQUIPMENT IDENTIFICATION AND

This label (red lettering, white background), which

RECEIPT TAG

comes in two sizes, is used when actual measurement

values and associated uncertainties must be known for

The receipt and identification tag, attached to the

the instrument to be used.

METER card, bears the same control number as the

METER card. Like the METER card, it is a five-part,

SPECIAL CALIBRATION

color-coded form.

Blocks A, B, C, D, and E of this form contain the

There are two Special Calibration labels (black

same information that is contained in blocks 1, 3, 4, 9,

lettering, yellow background). They differ in size and

and 11 of the METER card. This information is used to

content. There is also a Special Calibration tag that is

identify the equipment being calibrated. Both block T of

used with the smaller of the two labels. The Special

the ID tag and block 5 of the METER card identify the

Calibration label is used when some unusual or special

customer; however, this information is abbreviated on

condition in the calibration should be known to the user

the METER card.

and/or the calibrator. These special conditions may be

deviations from usual calibration tolerances, multiple

One copy of the ID tag is given to the customer as

calibration intervals, or requirements for in-place

a receipt. The other four copies are kept by the

calibration. All conditions requiring special calibration

calibrating facility. Unlike the METER card, no part of

are described either directly on the large label, or on the

the ID tag is sent to the MOCC. The MOCC

tag, when the small label is used. The following

automatically enters this information when it preprints

information amplifies these special calibrations.

the METER card.

USER CALIBRATION

MEASURE REFERRAL CARD

Some TAMS may be calibrated by the user and the

The MEASURE referral card is used to forward

instrument does not need to be sent to a calibration

questions, recommendations, and comments pertaining

facility. For example, some instruments are provided

to MEASURE to concerned authorities. Instructions

with their own standards and must be calibrated either

regarding the preparation of the referral card are found

each time they are used or very frequently. Some

in the Measure Users Manual.

instruments, such as oscillographic recorders, may

require calibration before, during, and after each use.

CALIBRATION CATEGORIES

Some automatic test equipments require self-calibration

tests to be performed each time they are used. Still other

When you are updating equipment calibration

instruments are calibrated as part of checkout

schedules, you need to know the calibration status of the

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