Metrology: all for that?

In the latest issue of Contrôles Essais Mesures,our expert Jean-Michel Pou(Deltamu)proposed an article entitled: Measurement error, instrument error, calibration uncertainty: how to find your way around?

He begins with these words: "The more time passes, the more I find our profession archaic. I recently wrote that metrology had missed its^3rd revolution and I measure how powerful this fiasco is when I lead trainings. (...) How to explain to these brilliant young people the kind of drum in which the "ISO 9000" practice of metrology has collectively plunged us all? I can understand that practitioners are not shocked by the following because they have been living it, like myself, for a long time. So they naturally think that this is normal. But a few words of explanation based on official publications should still end up waking us up collectively... This awakening, which I call for with all my wishes, should lead to profound changes in the performance of the "calibrators" which unfortunately have not made them evolve much in 30 years. Personally, I don't see any fundamental differences with my beginnings in the business, in 1988... »

Jean-Michel Pou supports his statement with 4 points:

• Item 1. The calibrators owe us the errors of the instruments but they only see measurement errors...
• Item 2. Demonstration
• Item 3. Consequences
• Point 4. Conclusion

And his conclusion is clear: "All this for that?"

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