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ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited Time Calibration

Precise time measurement underpins modern technology, from telecommunications and GPS navigation to financial systems, power grids, and precision manufacturing. Our national network of local calibration experts delivers the accuracy you need, from supporting synchronization and preventing errors to maintaining operational reliability.

Physical/Dimensional Calibration

Our Time Calibration Services

Timing and frequency instruments are critical across industries where precision is essential.

When instruments drift out of specification, the effects can be far-reaching, causing communication failures, navigation errors, financial transaction disputes, power grid instabilities, and manufacturing quality issues. The Accredited Labs network provides specialized time calibration services to keep your instruments performing within their required accuracy ranges.

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Our Process 

Time calibration involves verifying and adjusting instruments that measure time intervals, frequencies, and synchronization signals. Each device is compared to atomic clock references and national time standards to identify deviations from intended performance.

Expert technicians evaluate instruments using precision frequency counters, time interval analyzers, and atomic clock references across the full measurement range. They document all variations and may make the adjustments needed to restore accuracy. If an instrument cannot be restored to its required accuracy range, you receive detailed reporting with the data necessary for corrective action, system optimization, or replacement decisions.

All time calibrations follow nationally recognized protocols and standards, providing traceability to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Each instrument is returned with documentation linking its accuracy to national atomic clock standards—supporting telecommunications, navigation, financial systems, and other precision timing applications.

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Types of Time and Frequency Instruments We Calibrate

Our comprehensive time calibration services cover the complete spectrum of timing and frequency measurement instruments used across critical applications:

  • Frequency Counters and Time Interval Analyzers: Precision instruments that measure frequency, period, and time intervals with high accuracy. These instruments require calibration of timebase references, measurement circuits, and display systems to ensure accurate timing measurements across their full measurement capabilities.
  • Atomic Clocks and Precision Oscillators: High-stability timing references including cesium clocks, rubidium oscillators, and crystal oscillators used as timing standards in critical applications. Calibration verifies frequency accuracy, stability, and aging characteristics against national atomic clock standards.
  • GPS Timing Receivers: Specialized receivers that extract precise timing signals from GPS satellites for use as timing references in telecommunications, power systems, and synchronization applications. Calibration ensures accurate timing extraction and output signal characteristics.
  • Network Time Protocol (NTP) Servers: Computer-based timing systems that distribute precise time information over networks for computer synchronization and network timing applications. Calibration verifies timing accuracy, network delays, and synchronization performance.
  • Telecommunications Timing Equipment: Specialized timing systems used in cellular networks, internet infrastructure, and telecommunications equipment for network synchronization and signal coordination. These systems require calibration to ensure network timing accuracy and reliability.
  • Stopwatches and Digital Timers: Precision timing instruments used for manufacturing process timing, quality control, and measurement applications. Calibration ensures accurate time measurement for industrial and laboratory timing requirements.
  • Time Code Generators and Readers: Instruments that generate or decode time code signals used for equipment synchronization, data logging, and timing distribution. Calibration verifies time code accuracy, signal characteristics, and synchronization performance.
  • Frequency Standards and Signal Generators: Precision frequency sources used as references for testing, calibration, and timing applications. These instruments require calibration to ensure frequency accuracy and signal stability for use as timing references.
  • Phase Measurement Equipment: Instruments that measure phase relationships and timing differences between signals for synchronization and timing analysis applications. Calibration ensures accurate phase and timing measurements across various signal types and frequencies.
  • Oscilloscopes with Timing Functions: Test instruments with precision timing measurement capabilities used for signal analysis and timing verification. Calibration verifies timebase accuracy and timing measurement functions for reliable timing analysis.

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“Excellent company for calibration inspection equipment. They are fast, friendly, and another descriptive word that starts with the letter F. Customer service #1.”

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