MOOC - Automotive Engineer in Quality and Metrology

Standards, Certification and Uncertainty

This unit investigates into Standardization in the field of Metrology from both the theoretical point of view, the one around units and international organizations and standards who govern the field itself, as well as from the practical one, with focus on the measurement system and the uncertainty and “translation” problems to overcome, such as working on different coordinate systems or even software based on different languages.

Assessing Uncertainty in Dimensional Measurement:

This Element deepens into the concept of Uncertainty, which is something intrinsic to the knowledge got at the time of measuring. However, it may be mitigated through Calibration, which can be performed with another instrument, certified artifacts or master parts.