Xcalibur XRF Services provide standards calibration and certification through CalMetrics, Inc.

CalMetrics acquired exclusive licensed technology for standard developement and manufacture from ThermoElectron, previously a division of Veeco Instruments and originally founded as UPA Technology. Having provided calibration standards to the film thickness measurement industry for over 50 years. Now an independant company whose employees (qualified chemists) and owners have in excess of 20 years average experience in the EDXRF industry. With an extensive primary standard library CalMetrics is capable of providing the best standards calibration service in the industry. Along with XRF standards they can also provide calibrations on thickness standards for beta back scatter, gauging sheets for magnetic lift off, eddy current standards and hall effect standards.

Standards are calibrated traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (N.I.S.T.) and optionally in compliance with ANSI/NCSL Z540-1-1994.

Why Calibrate standards periodically?

• The accuracy of your system is directly related to the accuracy and quality of the standards used during the calibration of your XRF instrument.
• In normal use, even with care, plating thickness standards can be inadvertently scratched or damaged by the operator.
• Environmental conditions and age can also affect the surface of the standard causing oxidation and inter metallic formations which will adversely affect your thickness measurements.
• For QC programs based on ANSI/NCSL Z540-1-1994 or ISO-10012-1:1992E, recertification at intervals recommended by the manufacturer is required.

Occasionally our customers will have discrepancies in measurement results when the same part is measured by different customers or vendors on different instruments. Our experts can help resolve measurement discrepancies using our material characterization service. This service is available to anyone and discounts are given to our customers that have their standards or systems calibrated regularly. We can also provide measurement results on larger quantities of parts, call for pricing.