Calibration and maintenance service
![Calibration-and-M_1.jpg](/media/3055/calibration-and-m_1.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=200&height=200&rnd=133251808551400000&bgcolor=ffffff)
![Calibration-and-M_2.jpg](/media/3056/calibration-and-m_2.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=200&height=200&rnd=133251807617230000&bgcolor=ffffff)
![Calibration-and-M_3.jpg](/media/3057/calibration-and-m_3.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=200&height=200&rnd=133251807612500000&bgcolor=ffffff)
![Calibration-and-M_4.jpg](/media/3058/calibration-and-m_4.jpg?center=0.553333333333333,0.508333333333333&mode=crop&width=200&height=200&rnd=133251807611870000&bgcolor=ffffff)
The MacArtney Underwater Technology Group offers calibration and maintenance services for oceanographic and hydrographic instruments. This service is available from our German operation, MBT, in Kiel, Germany.
Service jobs
- Calibration on CTD and SVP probes
- Maintenance of side-scan-sonar and echo sounders
- Maintenance of in-situ nutrient and particle analysers
- Maintenance of oceanographic sensors
- Pressure test facility
- MIL-standard services
- High-end data acquisition and analysis
- Further services available - please enquire!
Test environment
- 3 stabilised salinity bathes (10 PSU, 20 PSU, 35 PSU)
- 4 stabilised temperature bathes (variable temperatures)
- 1 adjustable temperature bath for tall devices
- Lab climate monitoring
- ESD safe workspace
Calibration standards
- Temperature: 0.01°C
- Conductivity: 0.01 mS/cm
- Pressure: 0.01 dbar
- Speed of sound: 0.03 m/sec
- Speed of sound from CTD: 0.1 m/sec
- Density from CTD: 0.1 kg/m3
Reference measuring devices
- ASL resistance bridge
- DDM 1,000 precision temperature
- Rosemount PT 25 temperature sensors
- Ozeanus Gallium calibrator
- Isotech triple point calibrator
- Autosal 8400A and 8400B
- Budenberg pressure deadweights
- Various electrical and electronic test equipment
Redundancy and cross-check
All reference devices are operated in redundant set-ups to guarantee uninterrupted availability and reliable performance of the calibration facility.