What tests are carried out by the National Test Center for Measuring Instruments / (GCI)?

The scope and content of assessment procedures are described in a special document – a test program, and which is developed by a laboratory employee and is subject to agreement and approval with the applicant.

In SI MI 3290-2010 “Recommendations for the preparation, execution and review of test materials,” the following evaluation procedures are indicated:

• Determination of metrological and technical characteristics of a measuring instrument, including accuracy indicators, expressed in units of quantities approved for use in the Russian Federation.

• Software identification and assessment of its influence on the metrological characteristics of the measuring instrument (if software is available)

• Development or selection of methods of verification and testing

• Analysis of the design of the measuring instrument for restrictions on access to certain parts of the measuring instrument (including software) in order to prevent unauthorized adjustment and tampering that may distort the measurement results

• Verification of compliance with the mandatory requirements for measuring instruments, including the requirements for their component parts, software and operating conditions of measurements.

After Sampling and Testing, this information is used to develop a TYPE DESCRIPTION OF MEASUREMENT TOOLS / CI certificate and the development of a calibration procedure. After testing the Measuring instrument and the preparation of all necessary documents, you can contact the Rosstandard for a certificate.

Important features of the issuance of The Pattern Approval Certificate:

• A metrological certificate (The Pattern Approval Certificate) is issued after the inclusion of a measuring instrument in the State Register of Measuring Instruments ( www.fundmetrology.ru ).

• The issuance of The Pattern Approval Certificate is carried out by the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology ( Rosstandart ).

• It is possible to issue a certificate both for a single product or a batch of products, and for mass production.

• The maximum validity of the certificate is 5 years.

• Measuring instruments intended for use in the field of state regulation of ensuring the uniformity of measurements, prior to commissioning, as well as after repair, are subject to primary verification, and during operation – to periodic verification.

• Measuring instruments, the type of which has been approved, and operational documentation accompanying products, are marked with an approval mark of a type of measuring instrument, the shape and dimensions of which are given in Appendix No. 4 to the Order of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation of November 30, 2009 No. 1081.

The procedure for issuing a metrological certificate, including technical and metrological testing, verification, preparation of a package of relevant documents for submission to the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, takes from three to six months.