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ISO 17025 Torque Calibration: Why Accreditation Matters

04/08/2025 08:00 AM

The ISO 17025 torque calibration standard has been around for over 20 years. Despite its long-standing presence, many professionals in critical industries—like wind energy and pipelines—still question the necessity of this level of calibration. Choosing a non-accredited lab—even for standard calibration—puts your equipment, projects, and employee safety at serious risk. With infrastructure across the country […]

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[CASE STUDY] Manufacturing Maintenance and On-Site Calibration

04/18/2017 07:49 AM

Maxpro has clients from a wide range of industries, from pipeline crews to wind turbine makers to mining operations. Among those clients are manufacturers who work with the U.S. military. One of them, a firm in northern New Jersey, is a subcontractor for armored personal vehicles. This manufacturer needed to have its torque wrenches calibrated […]

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[VIDEO] How to Calibrate RAD Torque Transducers

02/01/2017 07:06 AM

Today we’re going to continue our video blog post series with a guide to calibrating RAD torque transducers. These transducers have become an important asset in calibration laboratories worldwide because of their high accuracy and repeatability. Maxpro carries a range of products from RAD, including RAD Transducers.

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Meeting Quality Requirements with Certified Calibration Service

10/27/2016 08:15 AM

Having this program gives your client assurances that your work will adhere to contract specifications. But establishing a quality program can help you in a few different ways. The government is like any other customer: they expect quality work. In order to meet those expectations, you’ll need to create a well-documented quality assurance program. This […]

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Best Quality Control Practices: Bridge and Highway Design

05/11/2016 09:30 AM

In 2007, an eight-lane bridge carrying Interstate 35 across the Mississippi River in Minnesota collapsed, killing 13 people and injuring another 145. In the wake of this disaster, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) set out to see what quality control and quality assurance measures different states around the country used […]

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7 Basic Quality Engineer Tools for Process Improvement

04/27/2016 09:00 AM

We’ve seen them referred to as “The Old Seven” or “The First Seven.” They’re the seven basic quality engineer tools for process improvement. In this blog entry, we’ll explore how each one of these tools works. 1. The Cause And Effect Diagram This is also called the “Ishikawa Diagram” (after the Japanese organizational theorist Kaoru […]

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The Difference Between Quality Control Engineers and Quality Assurance Engineers

04/13/2016 09:00 AM

“Quality control” and “quality assurance” sound like they mean the same thing, but ask a quality control engineer and a quality assurance engineer what they do and you’ll get two very different answers. We’ve seen it described like this: quality assurance is process oriented, while quality control is product oriented. Or to put it another […]

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