SBIR/STTR Research Award
FULLY AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION SYSTEM
Award amount
$91,200Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Dowland-bach Corp
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
IT IS OUR INTENT TO PROVIDE A FULLY AUTOMATED, PORTABLE, SELFCONTAINED NBS TRACABLE CALIBRATION SYSTEM THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE VERIFIED CALIBRATION OF PRESSURE TRANSMITTERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, GAUGES, PRESSURE SWITCHES, AND OTHER PRESSURE INSTRUMENTS FROM VACUUM TO 10,000 PSIG. THIS INCLUDES THE NEW 'INTELLIGENT' PRESSURE TRANSMITTERS. ADDITIONALLY, THIS SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE AN ACCURACY OF +/0.017% OF READING (WORST CASE), WITH A TYPICAL ACCURACY OF +/0.013% OF ANY READING FROM VACUUM TO 10,000 PSIG. IT IS ENVISIONED THAT ALL CALIBRATION DATA ON ANY INSTRUMENT TESTED COULD BE STORED FOR LATER RECALL AND THAT A HISTORY OF THE INSTRUMENT TESTED WOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY UPDATED WITH EACH CALIBRATION. FINALLY, IT IS ENVISIONED THAT A PRINT-OUT OF THE CALIBRATION DATA, INCLUDING A GRAPH, BE PROVIDED AT THE END OF EACH CALIBRATION PROCEDURE.
Technology keywords
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