Metrology
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UK National Gear Metrology Laboratory
In 1987, the UK National Gear Metrology Laboratory (NGML) was established in Â鶹´«Ã½. It is the and part of the UK’s National Measurement System supported by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
NGML supports gear manufacturers and gear users through:
- an independent gear measurement service to verify the quality of product gears
- gear artefact calibration, offering one of the lowest measurement uncertainties worldwide
- an on-site gear measuring machine calibration service
- reverse engineering expertise
- training and education- short courses, seminars and bespoke training courses with the British Gear Association (BGA)
- measurement consultancy
- measurement research and support for gear research in the UK and Europe
- ISO standards development
The laboratory facilities include:
- Enhanced Klingelnberg P65 Gear Measuring Centre, used as the reference calibration and measurement machine
- Leitz PMM-C, MPE = 0.4 + L/850 μm
- Taylor Hobson Form Talysurf 50 surface roughness and form measuring instrument
- Alicona Infinite Focus G4 optical dimensional and surface roughness measurement
- Hexagon Absolute Romer 7-Axis Arm 8520 with RS5 Laser Scanner
Accreditation
NGML are accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) to ISO 17025:2017 for the measurement and calibration of gears. We are traceable to primary calibration facilities at:
- the in the UK
- the , the national metrology institute of Germany