Projects / Programmes
Establishing central execution of national interlaboratory comparisons in the national metrology system
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 2.15.00 |
Engineering sciences and technologies |
Metrology |
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| Code |
Science |
Field |
| 2.02 |
Engineering and Technology |
Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering |
Metrology, interlaboratory comparisons, metrological traceability, calibrations, measurement uncertainty, calibration and measurement capability (CMC), national standard of measurement, accreditation.
Researchers (5)
| no. |
Code |
Name and surname |
Research area |
Role |
Period |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
| 1. |
06673 |
PhD Bojan Ačko |
Manufacturing technologies and systems |
Head |
2021 - 2023 |
723 |
| 2. |
12668 |
PhD Lucija Črepinšek Lipuš |
Manufacturing technologies and systems |
Researcher |
2021 - 2023 |
105 |
| 3. |
24408 |
PhD Rok Klobučar |
Metrology |
Researcher |
2021 - 2023 |
76 |
| 4. |
17579 |
Mitja Mlakar |
|
Technical associate |
2021 - 2022 |
48 |
| 5. |
34982 |
PhD Jasna Tompa |
Manufacturing technologies and systems |
Researcher |
2021 - 2022 |
100 |
Organisations (1)
Abstract
The most important measurable condition for competitiveness of manufacturing and service enterprises on the global market is quality. Therefore, all strategic industrial directions of EU and Slovenia are focused in achieving excellent quality, which is based on the quality of manufacturing processes. For monitoring quality of manufacturing processes, precise and accurate measurements are needed. One of the most important conditions for reaching appropriate measurement accuracy is provision of metrological traceability to the definition of a measurement quantity unit. The traceability is assured by calibrating measurement instruments with defined measurement uncertainty. In order to prove appropriate level of measurement uncertainty, a calibration laboratory shall be involved into interlaboratory comparison schemes. In the frame of this research project, we will develop a system of central management of interlaboratory comparisons for approving metrological capabilities of accredited and industrial laboratories, which operate as calibration laboratories in the national system for assuring traceability of measurements in industry and other economical branches. Such system shall assure appropriate control of the Metrology Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (MIRS) over adequate competence of metrological laboratories. It is very important to establish a system, which will be central, anonymous and non-profit and will operate at the highest national level. Slovenia is namely a small economical area, which is very sensitive to conflits due to competetive information. The project is designed as a pilot project for quantity »length«, which will be extended later to other metrological quantities. In the first project phase , national needs regarding proving metrological competences from institutional and technical aspects will be explored. We will identify all laboratories that operate in the national system for assuring metrological traceability, and analyse their extent of calibration services as regards quatities/instruments they calibrate. The project will be limited to metrological laboratories that provide calibration services in the field of quantity length. In the following phase, digital technical documents (technical protocols, evaluation of results, reports) and databases for managing and executing interlaboratory comparisons will be produced. The documents will base on international recommendations for executing interlaboratory comparisons on the international level (BIPM, EURAMET, ILAC, EA). The databese will include most typical measurement instrument and material measures, as well as their measurement ranges and different precision levels (measurement uncertainty, calibration and measurement capabilities – CMC). After that, an interent application for managing and monitoring actual and completed interlaboratory comparisos will be created. Such application shall enable anonymous entering of laboratory interes on interlaboratatory comparison, analysis of intereses, appointment of pilot laboratories, defining quantities for running/anual interlaboratory comparisons, confirmation of participation, distribution of technical protocols, comparison organisation (schedules, monitoring transport of transfer standards, confirmation of transfer standard receipt, remarks and observations, potential changes of schedules due to unpredicted influences, ...), as well as transfer of results and reports. The entire system of executing interlaborartory comparisons will be continuously coordinated with MIRS, which will use tha system in practice as a formal comparison organiser. We expect that the results of the project will significantly improve competence of accredited and advanced industrial metrological laboratories in Slovenia, which will enable all stakeholders to strenghten their metrological capabilities and as a consequence better competetiveness on foreign markets. The results of the project will have a long-term influence
