TÜRKÇİMENTO R&D Institute organized “General Metrology and Calibration” and “Applied Calibration and Verification” training course on 29-30.07.2024 in Baştaş Cement Factory.

Calibration and verification services aimed at comparing laboratory equipments with referance calibrators and setting the devices to referance values if it is possible. Basically metrology history, metrology sciences, unit systems, domains, traceability, relation between uncertainty and tolerance, certification, evaluaton of certificates and so on were lectured to thirteen participants in one day.

Mortar and Chemistry laboratory equipment, which directly affect the quality parameters in the cement sector, provided the desired properties and measurement values in the related standards and the effects on the results of the changes of the parameters were lectured practically to eight participants in one day.

Some of these laboratory equipments are below:

- Compression testing machine

- Sensitive and standard balances

- Drying ovens and muffle furnaces

- Climatic cabinet

- Jolting Apparatus for Mortar

- Mortar mixing device

- Mortar molds

- Le-Chatelier molds

- Le-Chatelier water bath

- Compression testing machine platens

- Vicat device

- Blaine device

- Spreaders and straightedge

- Hopper

Theoretical and practical training courses were lectured by Mustafa BOLAT, TÜRKÇİMENTO R&D Laboratory, Head of Calibration Laboratory.

At the end of the training, staff who will be able to verify with the appropriate equipment, were trained. Evaluation of the effectiveness of calibration and certification issues were lectured to the participants. The effects of the reading accuracy of laboratory devices on the production direction were discussed.