Mass Standards Section

Overview

Overview


The Mass Standards Section (MSS) is the country’s provider of traceability to the SI unit of mass. It is also the premiere authority in the verification, calibration and performance testing of weights, mass standards and weighing instruments.
   

 

Staff


  • Kiveen P. Suycano - Section Head
  • Ivan L. Opao
  • Argielou A. Flores
  • Jessie G. Yap
  • Gregorio B. Mendoza

Traceability

Traceability


Services

Capability


 
  1. Accredited Service
      1. Calibration of Weights: up to OIML Class F1 from 1 mg to 20 kg
      2. Calibration of Mass Standards: Free Nominal Values from 1 mg to 20 kg
  2. Standard Service
      1. Calibration of Mass Standards: 1 mg to 500 kg
      2. Calibration of Mass Standards: Free Nominal Values greater than 20 kg up to 500 kg
      3. Calibration of Electronic Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments
      4. Performance Testing of Non-Automatic Weighing Instruments
 

Calibration Procedure


  Calibration of Weights: OIML Class   This procedure involves:
  • the verification of an OIML weight for its compliance with the metrological and technical requirements of the OIML Recommendation 111; and
  • its calibration with results in conventional mass by direct comparison using double substitution weighing. This technique includes the comparison of one weight with another of equal nominal value but with a higher OIML classification.
  Calibration of Mass Standards: Free Nominal Values   This procedure applies to mass standards with free nominal values. The free nominal values are present beyond +/- 3 times of the selected class of OIML R111. This procedure involves the calibration of weights with results in conventional mass by direct comparison using double substitution weighing.  This technique involves the comparison of one sample weight with a combination of up to four reference weights equal to or near the nominal value of the sample weight.   Calibration of Mass Standards: Non-OIML   This procedure applies to mass standards that are non-OIML and OIML weights but do not comply with the metrological and technical requirements of the OIML R111 It involves calibration with results in conventional mass by direct comparison using double substitution weighing. This technique involves the comparison of one weight with another of equal nominal value.

Accreditation

 

The Mass Standards Section of the National Metrology Laboratory of the Philippines is competent under the terms of ISO/IEC 17O25:2OO5 to carry out calibration of Mass standards.

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Scope of Accreditation

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 Download Accreditation Certificate and Annexes

         

CMCs

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 Calibration and Measurement Capabilities (CMCs)

CMCs MSS-NML

Download a copy of CMCs MSS-NML Philippines