Other quantities

To provide complete services for our customers we also obtained accreditation in other metrology fields namely for mechanical and chemical quantities (e.g., pressure, mass, force, deceleration, length, exhaust gas control) in addition to electrical quantities and time&frequency which are our primary fields.

The first group of instruments in the field of other quantities are scales, which we daily encountering daily in shops, post offices or elsewhere. The scales have to be calibrated to ensure that displayed mass is correct, so in turn we can trust the result. Similarly, we cannot imagine our daily lives without cars and motorcycles that we use daily to arrive to work, visit friends, or for our other activities. By using vehicles, individual components degrade or even damage, therefore it is necessary to periodically perform technical inspections for their reliable operation. Individual parts are checked as well as overall operation, since only a technically faultless vehicle can improve safety of all participants. In addition to the inspection of lights, braking systems and other key components, the technical inspections also check the brightness of the luminaires, the speed of the motorcycles, noise level of exhaust systems and the braking force. The pressure in tires is also checked; this is not only important from the safety point of view, but correct pressure in the tires also reduces the wear. This consequently reduces fuel consumption which in turn contributes to cleaner environment. Technical inspections are using prescribed procedures and measuring instruments which can be calibrated at SIQ’s metrology laboratory. We calibrate pressure gauges, pressure sensors and pressure generators, tire pressure gauges, force meters, deceleration gauges, regloscopes (test devices for checking the setting of car lights), roller tracks, as well as gasoline and diesel exhaust gauges, which are also part of legal metrology.