National Physical Laboratory

End Standards Calibration Services

End Standards
End standards

Calibration of length standards such as gauge blocks, length bars and step gauges.

Gauge block, length bar & step gauge calibration

NPL has the UK’s most accurate calibration services for the measurement of engineering length standards.

Gauge blocks (slip gauges), length bars and step gauges are among the most common length standards used in engineering. They are used to calibrate or verify the performance of a wide range of instruments or other standards ranging from micrometers and verniers to Coordinate Measuring Machines. Before use, these standards must themselves be calibrated according to various national or international specification standards and should then be subject to an ongoing programme of re-calibration, according to the frequency of use and the required accuracy.

By offering the most accurate services in the UK, NPL can help you reduce your uncertainty, thereby improving process control, reliability and efficiency.

Step Gauge
Step gauge

NPL offers a range of calibration services for gauge blocks, length bars and step gauges. We can calibrate: the central length, flatness and variation in length of gauge blocks and length bars, the inter-face spacing of step gauges; and the thermal expansion coefficient of long gauge blocks and length bars.

The majority of these services are accredited by UKAS.

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Customer Service tel: +44 20 8943 8631
E-mail: dimensional_enquiries@npl.co.uk

Last Updated: 19 Mar 2012
Created: 31 May 2007