To what extent can the calibration process be automated?

Automation of the pressure calibration process has many potential benefits, including increasing productivity, ensuring better pressure measurements, minimizing human bias from calibration process, standardizing calibration procedures, eliminating data collection and transcription errors and reducing safety and ergonomic concerns. Fluke Calibration products offer features to enable automation to the extent allowable by the device under test (DUT). In cases in which the DUT has electronic output (remote communications or an electrical signal that can be read by a DMM), Fluke Calibration provides solutions for completely unattended calibration, even at the highest levels of measurement performance (primary standards):

Equipment Type	Automation Features	Notes
PG7000 Piston Gauges (PG7601, PG7102, PG7202, PG7302,PG9000)	Remote interface	RS-232 and IEEE-488 standard on all models
	Automated pressure control	Optional with PPC pressure controllers
	Automated mass handling	Optional with PG7000-AMH automated mass handlers
	Pressure calculation	Standard with onboard sensors and metrological values
	Automation software	COMPASS for Pressure optional to enable completely unattended tests with test procedures, data collection, reports, automated mass handling, and automated pressure control
2400 Piston Gauges (2465, 2468, 2470, 2485)	Remote interface	Dynamic data exchange (DDE) with WinPrompt software
	Automated pressure control	Optional for 2465 and 2468 with Autofloat Controller
	Automated mass handling	Not available
	Pressure calculation	Optional with WinPrompt software (included with Autofloat Controller or 2456A piston gauge monitor)
	Automation software	WinPrompt software to calculate pressure and run Autofloat Controller – also has special pressure crossfloat assistance features COMPASS for Pressure software optional for test procedures, data collection and reports
FPG8601 Force-Balance Piston Gauge	Remote interface	Dynamic data exchange (DDE) with FPG Tools software
	Automated pressure control	Pressure control standard with VLPC pressure controller
	Automated mass handling	Not applicable, no mass changes required
	Pressure calculation	Standard with onboard sensors and metrological values
	Automation software	FPG Tools software standard enables completely unattended tests with test procedures, data collection, reports and automated pressure control COMPASS for Pressure optional to provide additional features and standardize software with other systems
2482 Differential Piston Gauge	Remote interface	Dynamic data exchange (DDE) with WinPrompt software
	Automated pressure control	Standard automated control for differential pressure
	Automated mass handling	Not available
	Pressure calculation	Included. Standard with WinPrompt software
	Automation software	WinPrompt software standard to calculate pressure and run automated fine control to test point COMPASS for Pressure software can be used for test procedures, data collection and reports
Deadweight Testers (P3010, P3020, P3030, P3100, P3200, M3800)	Remote interface	Not available
	Automated pressure control	Not available
	Automated mass handling	Not available
	Pressure calculation	Optional with PressCal software (included with 0.008% measurement option)
	Automation software	PressCal software optional to calculate pressure with corrections to reduce uncertainty COMPASS for Pressure software can be used also, and includes test procedures, data collection and reports
PPC Pressure Controllers (PPC4, PPC4E, PPCH, PPCH-G)	Remote interface	RS-232 standard on all models. IEEE-488 standard on PPCH, PPCH-G and PPC4E, optional on PPC4
	Automated pressure control	Static (passive) and dynamic (active) automated pressure control standard on all models
	Onboard automation features	Create, store and run onboard test routines with tolerance testing (to nominal pressure) and data collection. PPC4 also calculates reference uncertainty of delivered pressure.
	Automation software	COMPASS for Pressure optional. Enables completely unattended tests with test procedures, data collection, reports, and automated pressure control
7000 Pressure Controllers (7250, 7250i, 7250xi, 7252, 7252i, 7250LP, 7350, 7615)	Remote interface	RS-232 and IEEE-488 standard on all models. Utilizes SCPI protocol
	Automated pressure control	Static (passive) and dynamic (active) automated pressure control standard on all models
	Onboard automation features	Create, store and run onboard test routines
	Automation software	COMPASS for Pressure optional. Enables completely unattended tests with test procedures, data collection, reports, and automated pressure control LabView drivers available for 7250, 7252 Met/Cal procedures available
RPM4 Reference Pressure Monitor	Remote interface	RS-232 and IEEE-488 standard
	Automated pressure control	Available only when RPM4 is used as an external pressure reference with a PPC pressure controller
	Onboard automation features	Create, store and run onboard test routines with tolerance testing (to nominal pressure) and data collection. External pressure control required.
	Automation software	COMPASS for Pressure optional. Enables test procedures, data collection and reports
7050 Reference Pressure Monitor	Remote interface	RS-232 and IEEE-488 standard. Utilizes SCPI protocol
	Automated pressure control	Not available
	Onboard automation features	Onboard test routines not available
	Automation software	COMPASS for Pressure optional. Enables test procedures, data collection and reports LabView drivers available
E-DWT Electronic Deadweight Tester	Remote interface	RS-232 standard
	Automated pressure control	Not available
	Onboard automation features	Create, store and run onboard test routines with tolerance testing (to nominal pressure) and data collection.
	Automation software	COMPASS for Pressure optional. Enables test procedures, data collection and reports
Fluke handheld process calibration tools	Remote interface	Available on some models
	Automated pressure control	Not available
	Onboard automation features	Available on some models
	Automation software	COMPASS for Pressure optional. Enables test procedures, data collection and reports

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To what extent can the calibration process be automated?

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