What is a Calibration Certificate?

A certificate of calibration is a document that contains information about your equipment’s calibration. This provides valuable information on the quality and measurement accuracy of the equipment. This is based on the standards that were put in place by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

What Should a Calibration Certificate Include?

If you look at the certificate, you will notice it has a various amount of information. This information should be about the equipment, along with the standards.

To be able to recognize what a Calibration certificate looks like, you should know that it should include the following:

  1. Title: Certificate name
  2. The details of the laboratory tasked with the calibration
  3. Customer’s information
  4. The equipment name and details
  5. Evidence that the measurements are traceable
  6. Calibration results with respective sign conventions
  7. Equipment that JM used to preform calibration test on and the due date that the equipment will be due for recalibration. (This ensures you that what we are calibrating your equipment with is calibrated and up to date)
  8.  An identification code for the calibration certificate (this usually is a combination of your account number and the workorder number)
  9. Date that JM preformed the calibration test on & the date that your equipment will be due for recalibration
  10. Details on the lab conditions where the calibration took place
  11. Name and signature of the person who performed the calibration
  12. QA Stamp (This shows that a qualified person inspected the equipment)

How to get a Calibration Certificate?

A calibration certificate is mandatory for any equipment that is in use in the industrial field. As part of our calibration services, JM Test supplies a certificate of calibration to our customers. If for any reason, you are missing your calibration certificate you can contact our Customer Service Department and they will be able to get the certificates to you. In a hurry and don’t feel like waiting for someone to pick up? You can always find your certs on our customer portal which is accessible to you 24/7.