Featuring the first and only National Standard for Torque
in North America (verified by NPL through intercomaparisons with other
NMIs) .
Deadweight
Torque Calibration up to 1475 ft-lbf (2kN-m)With An Accuracy of .002% of Applied Torque
The machine currently at Morehouse was the National Torque Standard for
the United Kingdom. NPL has
commissioned this machine at our
facility in York, PA making Morehouse the home to the only national
torque standard in North America. (The National Institute of
Standards and Technology does not currently offer torque calibration and
no other lab in the US can match the accuracy of .002% of applied torque.
There are very few labs in the world that can match this accuracy. A
comparisson with other NMIs can be
downloaded here)

From
the tightening of wheel nuts on an automobile to the assembly of caps for pill
bottles, or maximizing the output of an internal combustion engine, the accurate
measurement of torque is essential to North American Industry.
This machine will be used to calibrate transfer devices
and disseminate the unit of torque within industry. It provides the ability to
accurately verify torque systems through an unbroken chain of traceability to a
NMI (National Metrology Institute).
Our
torque standards laboratory has facilities for calibrating from
.5 ft-lbf through 1,475 ft-lbf (1 N-m to 2kN-m),
or its equivalent in Kilograms force or Newtons. All torque standards used by Morehouse comply with ASTM specification E2428.
Detailed information about our torque machine can be downloaded
here.
We offer ASTM E2428
calibrations as well as other standars.
The
force and torque calibration facilities and procedures are documented in a controlled
Quality Assurance Program Manual that provides for the requirements of the
following:
Click Here for the full
list of controlled procedures