What is laboratory equipment calibration?
Laboratory equipment calibration is defined as an association between measurements – one of a scale or accuracy made or set with one piece of equipment and another measurement made in as similar a way as possible with a second piece of equipment. The piece of equipment or device with the known or assigned accuracy is called the standard.
Standards vary from country to country depending upon the type of industry whilst manufacturers designate their measurement criterion and recommend the frequency and level of calibration, depending on how often the device is used and the specific application.
Why is calibration so important?
Calibration of laboratory equipment by Henderson Biomedical
Henderson Biomedical can calibrate a range of laboratory equipment, some to UKAS (ISO 17025 : 2017) standard. Below is a summary of the calibration services we provide:
 Standard |  UKAS | |||||||||
Speed | Time | Temperature | Force | CO2 | Speed | Time | Temperature | Force | ||
Centrifuges |  ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Rotary heat sealers |  ✓ |  ✓ | ✓ |  ✓ |  ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ||
Impulse heat sealers |  ✓ |  ✘ | ||||||||
Incubators |  ✓ | ✓ | ✘ |  ✓ | ||||||
CO2 incubators | ✓ |  ✓ | ✓ | ✘ | ✓ | |||||
Fridges |  ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
Freezers | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
Ovens | ✓ | ✓ | ✘ | ✓ | ||||||
Water baths |  ✓ | ✓ | ✘ | ✓ | ||||||
Digital stopwatches & timers |  ✓ |  ✓ |