Expert calibration lab in
Manchester – United Kingdom
Opening hours
Bredbury Park Way
Bredbury
Stockport
SK6 2SL


UKAS Accreditation

ISO 17025
CAPABILITIES
Chemical
Global Calibration Scope
- Viscosity: kinematic and dynamic, consistometric cup, etc.
- Conductivity: Electrical (0 μS/cm to 200 mS/cm) and with Certified Reference Material (1,1 μS/cm to 111,3 mS/cm)
- Gas detector and Gas Concentration : Carbon monoxide, Nitrogen monoxide, Nitrogen dioxide, Oxygen, Total gaseous organic carbon, Dilution apparatus for olfactometry, Sulfur dioxide, Carbon dioxide, Hydrogen sulfide, Benzene, Methane, Ozone, Propane, etc.
- Refractometry: (1.33 ~ 1.62) nD (refractive index), 0 to 87.6% Brix, etc.
Common equipment serviced: Conductivity meters, Salinity meters, pH meters, Sucrose solutions, Gas detectors and gas concentration, Particle counters, Refractometry instruments, Viscosity instruments
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
Accelerometry
UK Calibration Scope
- Accelerometer: 1.0 m/s² to 100 m/s² (0 Hz to 10 kHz…)
- Temperature: -50 to 190 degrees °C
Common equipment serviced: Integrated piezoelectric electronics, Piezoelectric accelerometers, Piezoresistive accelerometers, Charge amplifiers and systems
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
Acoustics
UK Calibration Scope
- Pressure calibration (two-point with pistonphone and calibrator): 250 Hz (84 dB, 114 dB or 125 dB) and 1 kHz (84 dB or 125 dB)
- Full electrical calibration
Common equipment serviced: Sound level meters, Measurement microphones, Acoustic calibrators, pistonphones and multi-tone calibrators, Noise dosimeters, Outdoor and surface microphones, Sound intensity probes
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
Air Velocity
Dimensional
UK Calibration Scope
- Gauge block (steel, tungsten carbide,…): up to 1500 mm
- Long length (standard tape rules, peripheral gauges…): up to 50 m
- Graticules, Scales, Profile projectors, Calipers, Micrometers, Surface plates, surface tables
Common equipment serviced: Angle instruments, Measuring bench/optical, Depth gauge, Gauge blocks, Height gauges, Micrometers, Length instruments, Limit gauges, Form and surface, Thread gauges
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
Electricity
UK Calibration Scope
- DC Voltage: 0 V to 10 kV
- AC Voltage (10 Hz to 1 MHz): 0 V to 1 kV
- DC Currents: 0 to 6000 A
- AC Currents (10 Hz to 300 Hz): 0 to 6000 A
- AC Resistance (70 Hz to 20 KHz): 1 Ω to 10 K omega
- DC Resistance: 0 to 100 T omega
- Inductance: 1 µH to 10 H
- Capacitance: 0.01 fF to 10 mF
- High voltage:
- DC: 1 kV to 150 kV
- AC (50 Hz): 1 kV to 50 kV
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
Force
UK Calibration Scope
- Push pull force measuring devices in tension and compression: up to 2500 N
- Load Cells: up to 100 kN (compression and tension)
Common equipment serviced: Dynamometers, Force machines (Tension and/or Compression), Load cell, Force gauges, Strainmeter, Crimping pliers, Charpy testers, Cable tie tools, Press, Retention tools, Wire wrap tools, Spring balance
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
Hardness
Global Calibration Scope: Brinell, Rockwell, Vickers, Leeb hardness (Shore A, B, C, D, Do, E, 0, M, 00…)
Common equipment serviced: Hardness tester and machine, Durometer, Hardness block, Indenter, Dead weight hardness rubber testers, Penetrometers and penetration cones
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
Mass / Scale
UK Calibration Scope
- Mass: 1 mg to 1750 kg (range depending to class less than E2, F2, M1…)
Common equipment serviced: Weight, Weighing devices (Weighing scale, Hopper scale, Tank scale, Platform scale, etc), Weighing instruments for blood collection bags
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
Pressure / Vacuum
UK Calibration Scope
- Gas pressure (gauge, absolute and differential): up to 10.1 MPa
- Hydraulic pressure (gauge and absolute): up to 500 MPa
Common equipment serviced: Manometers, Pressure calibrators, Sensor transmitters, Vacuum, Safety devices, Pressure balance
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
Temperature
- Range: -196°C up to 1500°C
- Fixed points: TP Mercury, TP Water, Melting point of Galium, FP Indium, FP Tin, FP Zinc…
Common equipment serviced: temperature measurers, Generators/calibrators, Chillers, Thermistors, Infrared radiation sources, Temperature Controllers, Temperature Indicators
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
Time / Frequency
- Tachometer, stroboscope: 2 up to 100,000 RPM
- Frequency meters, frequency generators, counters: up to 40 GHz with specific capability up to 110 GHz
Common equipment serviced: Digital Timers, Frequency Counters, Frequency Meters / Generators, Frequency Standards, Stopwatches, Stroboscopes, Tachometers, Timers, Phasemeter, Standard RPM generators, Synchro-resolvers, Signal generators
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
Torque
- Torque measuring devices (sensors, transducers, measuring chains…): 0.05 to 3 000 Nm
- Hand torque tools (wrenches, screwdrivers …): 0.1 to 2,500 Nm
Common equipment serviced: Torque analyzer, Torque sensor, Torque tester, Torquemeter, Torque transducer, Torque multiplier, Torque gun, Torque wrench, Torque screwdriver, Joint simulator, Hydraulic torque wrench
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
Scales
Global Scope:
- Non-automatic weighing instruments (NAWI) with maximum capacity up to 240 tons (legal metrology, maintenance and repair)
- Automatic weighing instruments (AWI) with maximum capacity up to 2000 kg
Common equipment serviced: NAWI, AWI (hopper weighing scales, gravimetric filling instruments, catch weighing scales, dynamic railway weighing, dynamic vehicle weighing, etc.)
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
UK Calibration Scope
- Accelerometer: 1.0 m/s² to 100 m/s² (0 Hz to 10 kHz…)
- Temperature: -50 to 190 degrees °C
Common equipment serviced: Integrated piezoelectric electronics, Piezoelectric accelerometers, Piezoresistive accelerometers, Charge amplifiers and systems
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
UK Calibration Scope
- Pressure calibration (two-point with pistonphone and calibrator): 250 Hz (84 dB, 114 dB or 125 dB) and 1 kHz (84 dB or 125 dB)
- Full electrical calibration
Common equipment serviced: Sound level meters, Measurement microphones, Acoustic calibrators, pistonphones and multi-tone calibrators, Noise dosimeters, Outdoor and surface microphones, Sound intensity probes
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
UK Calibration Scope
- Gauge block (steel, tungsten carbide,…): up to 1500 mm
- Long length (standard tape rules, peripheral gauges…): up to 50 m
- Graticules, Scales, Profile projectors, Calipers, Micrometers, Surface plates, surface tables
Common equipment serviced: Angle instruments, Measuring bench/optical, Depth gauge, Gauge blocks, Height gauges, Micrometers, Length instruments, Limit gauges, Form and surface, Thread gauges
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
UK Calibration Scope
- DC Voltage: 0 V to 10 kV
- AC Voltage (10 Hz to 1 MHz): 0 V to 1 kV
- DC Currents: 0 to 6000 A
- AC Currents (10 Hz to 300 Hz): 0 to 6000 A
- AC Resistance (70 Hz to 20 KHz): 1 Ω to 10 K omega
- DC Resistance: 0 to 100 T omega
- Inductance: 1 µH to 10 H
- Capacitance: 0.01 fF to 10 mF
- High voltage:
- DC: 1 kV to 150 kV
- AC (50 Hz): 1 kV to 50 kV
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
UK Calibration Scope
- Push pull force measuring devices in tension and compression: up to 2500 N
- Load Cells: up to 100 kN (compression and tension)
Common equipment serviced: Dynamometers, Force machines (Tension and/or Compression), Load cell, Force gauges, Strainmeter, Crimping pliers, Charpy testers, Cable tie tools, Press, Retention tools, Wire wrap tools, Spring balance
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
UK Calibration Scope
- Mass: 1 mg to 1750 kg (range depending to class less than E2, F2, M1…)
Common equipment serviced: Weight, Weighing devices (Weighing scale, Hopper scale, Tank scale, Platform scale, etc), Weighing instruments for blood collection bags
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
UK Calibration Scope
- Gas pressure (gauge, absolute and differential): up to 10.1 MPa
- Hydraulic pressure (gauge and absolute): up to 500 MPa
Common equipment serviced: Manometers, Pressure calibrators, Sensor transmitters, Vacuum, Safety devices, Pressure balance
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
- Range: -196°C up to 1500°C
- Fixed points: TP Mercury, TP Water, Melting point of Galium, FP Indium, FP Tin, FP Zinc…
Common equipment serviced: temperature measurers, Generators/calibrators, Chillers, Thermistors, Infrared radiation sources, Temperature Controllers, Temperature Indicators
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
- Tachometer, stroboscope: 2 up to 100,000 RPM
- Frequency meters, frequency generators, counters: up to 40 GHz with specific capability up to 110 GHz
Common equipment serviced: Digital Timers, Frequency Counters, Frequency Meters / Generators, Frequency Standards, Stopwatches, Stroboscopes, Tachometers, Timers, Phasemeter, Standard RPM generators, Synchro-resolvers, Signal generators
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.
- Torque measuring devices (sensors, transducers, measuring chains…): 0.05 to 3 000 Nm
- Hand torque tools (wrenches, screwdrivers …): 0.1 to 2,500 Nm
Common equipment serviced: Torque analyzer, Torque sensor, Torque tester, Torquemeter, Torque transducer, Torque multiplier, Torque gun, Torque wrench, Torque screwdriver, Joint simulator, Hydraulic torque wrench
This site holds the competency for the specified domain. If your requirement is outside the scope of competency, we may be able to transfer the instrument with your permission to another Trescal laboratory that holds the applicable scope. Please refer to the scope of accreditation for accredited capabilities specific to this laboratory.