NWI’s NATA Accredited Labs Nationwide: Ensuring Calibration Excellence

The National Association of Testing Authorities in Australia, NATA, is the country’s peak body for labs and inspection/calibration services. In simple terms, NATA gives accreditation to companies like NWI because they offer reliable technical results when calibrating weighing equipment. In this article, we will take a look into how NWI’s NATA-accredited labs can help your business.

What is NATA accreditation?

As mentioned, NATA is the peak body for recognising reliable and precise calibration services. To illustrate how this accreditation works, let’s consider how a waste transfer station is managed. Weighbridges are used to determine the cost of waste disposal for customers. To maintain your industry standards, you must ensure that your weighbridge delivers accurate readings, otherwise you could be over or under-charging customers.

To ensure compliance, your weighbridge must be tested and calibrated by a NATA-accredited testing service, such as NWI. If you have your weighbridge calibrated by a non-NATA-accredited company, you may not have much legal standing if your equipment is found to be inaccurate. However, if you have evidence that a NATA-accredited laboratory calibrated your weighbridge, you have essentially met your obligations.

What accreditations does NWI hold?

Specifically, NWI Group is NATA-accredited for the following:

• Mass & Weighing
• Pressure
• Volume
• DC & Low-Frequency Electrical Metrology
• Time & Frequency Metrology
• Temperature Metrology

We also hold a National Measurement Institute Trade Measurement Servicing Licence for Weighing & Mass.

Our calibration scope

Our NATA-accredited labs across Australia are equipped to perform a wide range of calibration functions. No matter the type of equipment or the industry you operate in, we’re confident we can provide fully accredited calibration services. Some of our calibration categories include:

• Weighing equipment: All types of scales, large and small, from bench scales to weighbridges.
• Temperature and humidity: Testing and calibration of thermometers, incubators, ovens and furnaces, industrial fridges and freezers, water baths and more.
• Electrical metrology: We calibrate all electrical testing equipment, from multimeters and thermometers to insulation testers and clamps.
• Mass (laboratory and industrial): A range of masses, including stainless steel, brass, and cast iron.
• Torque and force: Calibration of torque testers, force gauges, tension testers and other torque tools.
• Dimensional metrology: From digital callipers to height, thickness and depth gauges and all types of micrometers.
• Flowmeters: We offer on-site verifications and calibrations for all types of flowmeters.
• Volumetric measuring equipment: Single and multi-channel pipettes, burettes and more.
• Pressure & vacuum: Including pressure transmitters and transducers, pressure gauges and test gauges.

This list is not exhaustive but gives an indication of our calibration scope. If you’ve got any sort of weighing or testing equipment that needs calibration, we can help. If it’s a more obscure piece of equipment, get in touch and ask us; we’re always happy to help.

Looking for expert equipment calibration services?

NWI is one of Australia’s leading testing and calibration services for weighing equipment. We provide services for all industries, and our accreditations speak for themselves. To comply with industry regulations, you need regularly calibrated and serviced equipment. As a NATA-accredited testing laboratory, don’t hesitate to contact NWI today.