What does it take to build a Deadweight Primary Force Standard capable of supporting U.S. Air Force force-measurement traceability for the next 20 to 30 years?
Morehouse helped AFMETCAL replace its BRAC-era deadweight primary force standard machine with two coordinated systems: a 102,000 lbf machine and a 30,000 lbf machine. Together, they span the Air Force’s force-calibration workload, from aircraft load cell calibration to engine-thrust-class applications.
The result: combined machine uncertainty of 0.001 % of applied force, approximately 3× better than the prior 0.003 % system, supported by NIST-calibrated masses and a full primary-standard installation approach.
Read the case study to see how Morehouse delivered the lowest-uncertainty primary-standard force facility in the U.S. Department of Defense, and why true deadweight primary standards still matter at the highest levels of force calibration.
Morehouse USAF Primary Deadweight Force Standard Case Study
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