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Department 1.1

 

Mass

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Tasks

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Working Groups:

 

1.11

 

Realisation of Mass

 

1.12

 

Weighing Instruments

 

1.13

 

Dynamic Weighing

 

1.14

 

IT-Weighing Technology

 

 



Gravity Information System

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Kontakt

 

 


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Tasks

The tasks of the "Mass" Department comprise:

 

Maintenance of the national prototype of the kilogram No. 52 as well as realization and dissemination of the SI base unit "kilogram" in the range from 1 mg to 5 000 kg (Units and Time Act)

 

Testing and pattern approval tests of non-automatic and automatic weighing instruments and weighing instrument modules (Verification Act, Verification Ordinance, 2009/23/EC (NAWID), 2004/22/EC (MID)

 

Maintenance of the EEC 20 l standard grain prober and realization and dissemination of the EEC bulk density of grain (Verification Act, Verification Ordinance)

 

Collaboration in the Plenary Assembly for Verification Matters

 

Collaboration in national and international committees (DIN, CCM, EURAMET, WELMEC, OIML)

 

Research and development in the fields "mass" and "weighing technology"

 

Support of the German Accreditation Body (DAkkS) for the fields "weights" and "weighing instruments"

 


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Contact

Head of Department

 

Dr. Dirk Ratschko
Phone: +49-531 592-1100
E-Mail: dirk.ratschko@ptb.de

 

 

 

Secretariat

 

Marianne Bendlin
Phone: +49-531 592-1101
Fax: +49-531 592-1105
E-Mail: Marianne.Bendlin@ptb.de 

 

 

 

Address

 

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
Fachbereich 1.1
Bundesallee 100
38116 Braunschweig
Germany


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