NI Calibration Certification
To help meet your calibration needs, National Instruments provides calibration support and services. These options
include product recalibration services, manual calibration procedures, and automated calibration software specifically
designed for metrology laboratory use. Used as part of your complete calibration solution, these offerings can help you
ensure the accuracy of your instruments.
NI Calibration Service
National Instruments offers two service options for maintaining your instrument’s measurement performance: Basic
and Detailed Calibration. You can obtain these services for your instrument at the time of purchase, or anytime after,
to maintain the instrument’s performance.
NI offers calibration solutions for all of your instrumentation, even hardware for other companies.
After the calibration interval expires, you can return your products to NI for recalibration. To order recalibration, contact
National Instruments to obtain a calibration Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number and specify the type of
calibration service when you order.
Basic Calibration
NI offers a Basic Calibration certificate with all new measurement products at no charge to you. This certificate states
that the product is calibrated and provides traceability to internationally accepted standards, which can help you meet the
requirements of quality standards programs such as ISO 9001.
Through independent calibration service providers, you can obtain additional NI product calibration services such as
express calibration service, on-site calibration services, and calibration for all of your measurement hardware including
instrumentation products that are not from NI.
Detailed Calibration
If your quality requirements state that you need more than a Basic Calibration certificate, NI offers Detailed Calibration
service. Detailed Calibration certificates from NI contain detailed measurement data to help you meet the requirements
of even more stringent internationally accepted quality standards. NI offers Detailed Calibration certificates for purchase
at the time you acquire your measurement hardware.
Manual Calibration Procedures
To support more advanced metrology laboratories, NI provides access to manual calibration procedures, which offer detailed
step-by-step instructions for verifying and adjusting the performance of NI products during calibration. These documents
also define the required calibration standards, software functions, and test specifications used during the calibration.
NI Calibration Executive
Using manual calibration procedures can be slow and can require software development to adjust measurement
hardware. For users and laboratories that do not have the time or expertise to develop their own calibration software,
NI provides a turnkey calibration application – NI Calibration Executive.
NI Calibration Executive, which was developed primarily for metrology laboratories, automates the verification and
adjustment of your NI products. By using NI Calibration Executive, you can easily automate your calibration operations and
benefit from NI technology such as NI-VISA universal I/O interface software, IVI drivers, and NI TestStand and LabVIEW
software. NI Calibration Executive:
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Externally calibrates most NI measurement devices
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Operates in automatic or manual mode through an intuitive user interface
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Automatically configures and controls calibration instruments
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Stores calibration reports in an ODBC-compliant database
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Provides convenient connections through hardware calibration fixtures
NI Calibration Services
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