Dowding & Mills has launched national onsite mobile calibration services, which will greatly reduce downtime and increase efficiency for businesses across the UK. Combined with a massive investment in state-of-the-art asset management technology announced last month, Dowding & Mills can now manage the complete range of calibration services and asset management requirements. It has comprehensive UKAS accreditation, which is critical for industries which are affected by QS 9000.
Onsite calibration is essential for companies that are unable to move equipment such as ovens, environmental chambers, panels and gauges, from the factory site. Dowding & Mills has already successfully provided an onsite calibration service for many customers.
Information Technology is an important part of Dowding & Mills’ onsite calibration service strategy. Its planned new asset management system will give customers immediate access to their calibration, asset and maintenance management records when they outsource the management of their assets to Dowding & Mills. The technology will provide customers with a range of value added services and will facilitate a secure, paperless office. Users will benefit from web-driven access to online engineers’ reports, access to calibration certificates and full service histories.
Customers will also be able to view reports on wear & tear trends, which will assist preventative maintenance and help to maximise resources and minimise downtime. The system will provide a job control system through a standard, web interface, which will provide users with full traceability at all steps of servicing. Customers can also receive regular servicing updates via email.
Dowding & Mills has environmentally controlled laboratories strategically located throughout the UK. Onsite engineers offer the widest range of calibration services of any UK company and provide a full array of calibration, repair and refurbishment services. Accuracy and traceability to national standards is guaranteed with BSI registration to BS EN ISO 9002:1994 and UKAS accreditation to BS EN ISO/IEC 17025.
Electrical Component Calibration & Repair Services
- DC & LF
With more than 30 years of metrological experience, we are able to offer an extremely comprehensive range of calibration services. We cover all major electrical parameters to a high degree of precision and all types of instrumentation from component bridges to high precision calibrators. Amongst our specialities are high resistance, low current, avionic test sets and stopwatches.
Voltage
Current
Resistance
Capacitance
Inductance
Power
Calibrators
Long scale DMMs
Component bridges
Stopwatches / timers
Electrical Component Calibration & Repair Services
- RF & Microwave
Our comprehensive facilities cover the full spectrum up to 40GHz.
This enables calibration of all types of equipment from sophisticated communication analysers and EMC receivers to more discrete items such as attenuators and couplers (with most types of waveguide and connectors supported).
Spectrum Analysers
Network Analysers
EMC Receivers
Radio Communication Test Sets
Signal Generators
Power Meters
Directional Couplers
Frequency Counters
Component testing and inspection services...
We provide a full dimensional inspection service for any manufactured component part. One off first article inspection or large batch inspection is available. Third party independent verification services are supported by our UKAS testing accreditation. Specialist castings, fixtures and moulds are inspected within our controlled environment.
UKAS Testing accreditation
Single & Multi batch component inspection
First article inspection reports
Jigs and fixtures
Precision moulds
Independent verification
Inspection solutions
Defence Products and Services
Serving the Defence and Aerospace Calibration Sector
Providing Design Support and small batch production Services, these two laboratories and a design office operate in a number of specialist market areas.
The operation is 'X' Listed and specialises in airfield navigation aids.
Our pressure calibration and repair services use a combination of precision deadweight testers, precision digital equipment and bespoke software to perform accurate measurements. Our nationwide on-site service also holds UKAS accreditation for on site calibration of pressure instrumentation from -0.985 to
400 bar g.
With our UKAS accredited facility we are able to offer all facets of the market a comprehensive calibration service for both torque wrenches and torque analysers.
EMC
In addition to the Services already described our Hitchin Division offers supply and support for a range of equipment manufactured by United States OEMs. Most of this equipment is for use in Compliance Testing to ensure that products offered for sale in the European Union meets the requirements of the relevant Directive.
One very important factor when buying equipment of United States origin is support, what happens when maintenance is required and how long is the equipment out of my hands? Dowding & Mills provides full in country support for the products it sells, this includes warranty support, full test and repair capability and product training for new users.
Products are offered from:
www.solar-emc.com Solar Electronics Instruments including Transient Generators, Current Probes, Line Impedance Stabilisation Networks and a range of accessories for the EMC Engineer.
www.ifi.com Instruments for Industry (IFI) A very wide range of Solid State and TWT RF Power Amplifiers for use with Antennas and Current Probes.
www.ara-inc.com Antenna Research Associates (ARA) A wide range of Passive and Active RF Antennas for both Transmit and Receive.
www.versitron.com Versitron Data, Voice and Video Products to provide connectivity solutions between copper and fibre optic cables.