A risk analysis approach applied to field surveillance in utility meters in legal metrology

Field surveillance represents the level of control in metrological supervision responsible for checking the conformity of measuring instruments in-service. Utility meters represent the majority of measuring instruments produced by notified bodies due to self-verification in Brazil. They play a major...

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Published inJournal of physics. Conference series Vol. 975; no. 1; pp. 12001 - 12005
Main Authors Rodrigues Filho, B A, Nonato, N S, Carvalho, A D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.03.2018
Subjects
Control equipment
Measuring instruments
Physics
Risk analysis
Risk assessment
Surveillance
Verification
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Summary:Field surveillance represents the level of control in metrological supervision responsible for checking the conformity of measuring instruments in-service. Utility meters represent the majority of measuring instruments produced by notified bodies due to self-verification in Brazil. They play a major role in the economy once electricity, gas and water are the main inputs to industries in their production processes. Then, to optimize the resources allocated to control these devices, the present study applied a risk analysis in order to identify among the 11 manufacturers notified to self-verification, the instruments that demand field surveillance.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/975/1/012001