Leading Labs Turn to Tiger Optics
Tiger Optics is a standard bearer in a growing number of national metrology institutes around the globe. Since its first sale to the Dutch VSL in May, 2001, Tiger has gained acceptance at a dozen other leading organizations. Many of the institutes use Tiger instruments as a transfer standard to calibrate their own gas standards for research and industrial use. Some institutes also employ Tiger analyzers in their research of such problems as acid rain and global warming. Prized for their proven precision, excellent repeatability, and rapid throughput, as well as their extraordinary dynamic range (four orders of magnitude), Tiger’s CW-CRDS analyzers serve foremost institutes in the following nations:
CHINA. The Shanghai Institute of Measurement and Testing Technology (SIMT), a nonprofit national agency, conducts the transmission and traceability of measurement values for more than 600,000 pieces of measuring instruments each year.
FINLAND. The Measurement Technology Center (MIKES) performs advanced research in metrology and measurement in addition to its work to ensure internationally accepted units of measurement. MIKES uses Tiger’s compact HALO for moisture analysis.
FRANCE. The National Laboratory of Metrology and Testing (LNE) in 2005 assumed the role of the National Bureau of Metrology and began coordinating the work of France's three other national metrology laboratories.
GERMANY. With 1,800 staff members and an annual budget of approximately 130 million Euros, the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), identifies metrology as its core competence.
INDIA. As India’s premier research laboratory in the field of physical sciences, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) counts calibration and testing among its core activities.
JAPAN. Funded largely by the Japanese government, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) operates more than 50 research units with about 2,500 scientists and 700 administrative staff.
THE NETHERLANDS. Formerly called NMi Van Swinden Laboratorium, VSL describes itself as a private company with a public task. Based in Delft, it is the national metrology institute of The Netherlands. Widely recognized as a leader in gas analysis, VSL hosts the triennial International Gas Analysis Symposiums, well attended by active members of the global gas community.
SINGAPORE. Established in 1975, the National Metrology Centre (NMC) is the national measurement authority for the Republic of Singapore. Tiger’s LaserTrace Duo for oxygen and moisture analysis is a key part of its new gas lab.
SOUTH AFRICA. In 2007, the National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA) assumed responsibility for the maintenance, traceability and dissemination of national standards to prove measurement comparability and equivalence with the international community.
SOUTH KOREA. Established in 1975, the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) is both the central authority of the national standards system and a client-oriented research institute in the Republic of Korea.
THAILAND. The National Institute of Metrology (NIM Thailand) began providing calibration services on January 4, 1999.
UNITED KINGDOM. Established in 1900, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) develops and maintains the nation’s primary measurement standards. It is currently a government-owned, contractor-operated entity. The NPL conducted a year-long comparison of 13 different analyzers and found Tiger Optics offered the fastest and most linear, accurate, and repeatable performance of all. (Click here for the study.)
UNITED STATES. Founded in 1901, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a federal agency committed to the advancement of measurement science, standards and technology. The agency employs about 2,900 scientists, engineers, technicians and support or administrative personnel. NIST developed the world’s first moisture generator (the Low Frost Point Generator) capable of reliable performance below 5 parts per billion