Calibration procedure for testing machine to close the traceability chain for dynamic forces across a frequency range of 0 Hz to 1000 Hz including a template calibration certificate which can be used for forces in the range of 1 N to 1 MN

DKD guidelines are application documents regarding the DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 requirements. The guidelines contain a description of the technical, process-related and the organizational procedures which accredited calibration laboratories use as a model for defining internal processes and regulations. DKD guidelines may become an essential component of the quality management manuals of calibration laboratories. By implementing the guidelines, it is ensured that the devices to be calibrated are all treated equally in the various calibration laboratories and that the continuity and verifiability of the work of the calibration laboratories are improved.

The DKD guidelines should not impede the further development of calibration procedures and processes. Deviations from guidelines as well as new procedures are allowed in agreement with the accreditation body if there are technical reasons to support this action.

Calibrations by accredited laboratories provide the user with the security of reliable measuring results, increase the confidence of customers, enhance competitiveness in the national and international markets, and serve as metrological basis for the monitoring of measuring and test equipment within the framework of quality assurance measures.

This guideline is the first official working draft (WD23-03) which has been developed within the 18SIB08 ComTraForce project coordinated by PTB Braunschweig. The project has received funding from the EMPIR programme co-financed by the participating states and from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.