Metrology In Industry (the Key For Quality)

Metrology is an integral part of the structure of today's world: navigation and telecommunications require highly accurate time and frequency standards; human health and safety relies on authoritative measurements in diagnosis and treatment, as does food production and trade; global climate studies also depend on reliable and consistent data. Moreover, international trade practices increasingly require institutions to display demonstrated conformity to written standards and specifications.

As such, having relevant and reliable results of measurements and tests in compliance with mutually recognised standards can be a technical, commercial and statutory necessity for a company. This book, the results of a working group from the French College of Metrology and featuring chapters written by a range of experts from a variety of European countries, gives a comprehensive and international treatment of the subject. Academics involved in metrology as well as people involved in the metrology capacities of companies and institutions will find this book of great interest.

Written by experts from a number of European countries, this study looks at the importance of accurate weights, measures, tests, and timekeeping in today's global economy. Arguing that international conformity to written standards and specifications has become a technical, commercial, and statutory necessity in new fields from telecommunication to food safety, these scientists present metrology as an attractive career choice for young scientists and engineers.