Make calibration one of your priorities this year

Cirrus Research, the noise measurement specialist, is advising owners of noise measurement equipment to make sure their instruments have a full body MOT this year. This is achieved by ensuring that their instruments are calibrated regularly by an approved laboratory, thereby helping to verify that they are healthy, providing accurate measurements for the oncoming year.


It is vital that noise measurement instruments measure accurately not only to meet standards, regulations and guidelines but to clarify on an ongoing basis whether noise damage is occurring in the workplace or the environment. Each time a piece of equipment is used it should automatically be calibrated using an acoustic calibrator, both before and after each measurement. This helps verify that the equipment is working correctly and is known as field calibration. However, due to the precise nature of a measurement instrument it should be subject to routine factory verification to ensure that it continues to perform accurately and operate to its original specifications.

James Tingay, group marketing manager at Cirrus Research comments: “Having a noise measurement instrument calibrated every year is every bit as vital as a human being visiting the dentist or doctor on a regular basis. By opting to use a calibration service it allows every function that is available on the instrument to be checked to ensure that it meets the same specifications it had when the instrument was new.”

Cirrus Research provides calibration and repair services for the entire Cirrus noise measurement product range with fully trained engineers with many years' experience in the industry making sure the products are 'as good as new'.