This portion of our site is dedicated to reference information about measurement. The links below will take you to the various reference topics. There are links to useful web sites relating to measurement, metrology and quality assurance.

Links: to other useful sites relating to measurement such as NIST, METAS, ASQ, AIAG, ASTM, A2LA, ISO, SAE. As well as measuring device manufacturers and suppliers of equipment for measurement such as micrometers, optical, geometry, surface finish, form, interferometer, GPS, inclinometer, encoders, autocollimator, theodolite, thermocouple, thermistor, pyrometer, chronometer, manometer, barometer, gaussmeter, microhardness, multimeter, colorimeter, pH, turbidity, dew point, moisture content, psychometer.

Conversions: conversion factors for a variety of measurement units in inch and metric (SI). Common and uncommon units are included such as inch, foot, yard, kilometer, meter, millimeter, centimeter, micron, Fahrenheit, centigrade, gram, pound, grain, ampere, atmosphere, bar, dyne, mil, pascal, radian, erg, joule, calorie, decibar, dram, ell, gallon, hand, horsepower, hour, second btu, knot, link, liter, megaline, ohm, volt, amp, myriawatt,

Definitions and Terminology relating to measurement. Such as absolute position, linearity, bias, accuracy, repeatability, resolution, reproducibility

Reference Sources and Texts. This is kind of like our bookstore. Here you will find a variety of links to areas of Barnes and Noble that relate to technical materials including text books and some older out of print reference texts as well as the current versions of tried and true standards. Of course, Amazon .com is an excellent company for some of the less technical and current editions of reference materials . You will also find numerous links to Techstreet for the standards that are published by a variety of standards organizations including: AASHTO, ABMA, ACI, AEIC, AES, AGMA, AIAG, AIIM, AMCA, ANS, ANSI, ANSI/ASA, API, ARI, ASCE, ASHRAE, ASM, ASM International - American Society for Metals, ASME, ASNT, ASQ, ASTM, AWPA, AWS, AWS, AWWA, BHMA, BIFMA, BISSC, CAL. T.B., CASTI, CASTI Publishing, CFR - Federal Register, CGA, CSA, ECMA, EIA, ETSI, GANA, GPA, HI, IDEMA, IEC, IEEE, IESNA, INCITS, IPC, ISA, ISO, ISS, MPIF, MSS, NACE, NAS AIA
NCCLS, NEMA, NFPA (Fire), NFPA (Fluid), NISO, NSF, PIMA (photo), PSTC, RMA, SAE, SME
 

Planning your measurement needs. Deals with selection of the best measuring system to help you manage your process. The best solution may not be the most expensive.

Calibration of measuring equipment. Measuring devices need to be periodically calibrated to help assure that they produce known values.