A Novel Approach for Automation of Precision Calibration Process

Author

Li, Na ; Liu, Qin ; Wang, Lili ; Liu, Xiaoyi

Author_Institution

Sch. of Software Eng., Tongji Univ., Shanghai

fYear

2008

fDate

12-14 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

319

Lastpage

323

Abstract

Precision calibration of industrial sensors and instruments are usually performed manually in the calibration laboratory. In this paper, a computer controlled automated solution with a software prototype controlling the whole calibration process is proposed. This solution minimizes the human involvement and therefore reduces the chances of errors. Data acquiring, processing and calculation are simplified by instruments communication through General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB). The automation has been practically conducted by a laboratory and calibration efficiency has been improved.

Keywords

calibration; computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; peripheral interfaces; General Purpose Interface Bus; data acquisition; data calculation; data processing; industrial instruments; industrial sensors; precision calibration process automation; Automatic control; Automation; Calibration; Costs; Humans; Humidity measurement; Instruments; Laboratories; Pressure measurement; Temperature sensors; GPIB; automation; calibration process; camera control; instrument communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Automation for Sustainability, 2008. ICIAFS 2008. 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Colombo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2899-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2900-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIAFS.2008.4783927

Filename

4783927