Expanded humidity measurement capabilities in Ireland
Controlling humidity is critical for maintaining product quality in pharmaceutical manufacturing and many other high-value industries.
Monitoring and control of humidity are essential requirements in a variety of Europe’s manufacturing industries. For example, humidity affects pharmaceutical and biochemical product quality and storage lifetimes.
Most humidity sensors are based on capacitance measurement technologies that exhibit measurement drift, so regular calibrations are needed to maintain service quality. National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) maintain standards in this area, by providing fast, costeffective calibration services to local calibration providers.
The EMPIR project Expansion of European research capabilities in humidity measurement developed competences at institutes less experienced in research.project also facilitated NSAI’s successful Calibration & Measurement Capability (CMC) recognition for humidity measurements, granted in 2019, as a Mutual Recognition Arrangement approved calibration service provider.
This enabled NSAI to support Mason Technology, one of Ireland’s leading suppliers of scientific solutions to laboratories and industry, to attain ISO 17025 accreditation, as a competent humidity calibration laboratory.