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NACLA – NAVY PARTNERSHIP
NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER, CORONA DIVISION
MEASUREMENT SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
Bob Fritzsche (MS 20)
951.273.5244
Robert.Fritzsche@Navy.Mil
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Navy METCAL Policy
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Laboratory Audit/Certification
• Implement a common Navy laboratory certification
process to ensure compliance with METCAL policies.
All Navy calibration laboratories shall be reviewed at
least once every three years.
• Only use laboratories approved by Systems
Commands (SYSCOMs) or Strategic Systems
Programs (SSP).
• Require suppliers to establish and maintain
calibration systems acceptable to the Navy METCAL
EA as part of their quality program or inspection
system.
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METCAL Policy
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Calibration Requirements Determination
• Invoke [MILSTD 1839C] in all applicable Prime
System and Equipment (PS/E) development and
procurement contracts to ensure measurement and
calibration requirements are identified as part of the
Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) process. These
requirements shall be identified early in the design
and acquisition of Navy weapon systems and
provided to the appropriate SYSCOM to facilitate
application engineering of TMDE and METCAL
support.
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ANSI/NCSL Z540.3 – 2006 Recognition Program
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The Request:
As a stakeholder member of the National Cooperation
for Laboratory Accreditation (NACLA), the Measurement
Science Department of the Naval Surface Warfare
Center, Corona Division, is requesting that NACLA
investigate the establishment of a NACLA Recognition
Program that would provide a conformity assessment
process for assessment bodies (including but not limited
to Accreditation Bodies) that wish to assess
organizations to the requirements of ANSI/NCSL Z540.3
– 2006, Requirements for the Calibration of Measuring
and Test Equipment. (Referred herein as the National
Standard)
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ANSI/NCSL Z540.3 – 2006 Recognition Program
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Our Thinking:
We see two conformity assessment processes for two distinct
audiences:
1. Organizations (registrars) seeking recognition to assess
organizations to the requirements of the National Standard in its
entirety.
2. Accreditation Bodies seeking recognition in their assessment
of calibration laboratories to meet the (supplemental)
requirements of Sub-clause 5.3 of the National Standard.
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Conformity Assessment Process #1
This National Standard is written for both the Supplier and
Customer, each term being interpreted in the broadest sense. The
“Supplier” may be a producer, distributor, vendor, or a provider of a
product, service, or information. The “Customer” may be a
consumer, client, end-user, retailer or purchaser that receives a
product or service.
This National Standard has great potential in reducing “risk”
associated with calibration measurement values in the many
calibration systems Suppliers employ in producing their end
product. The benefits associated with reducing risk are many and
varied, depending on the industry.
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Conformity Assessment Process #1
Examples of Industries that will benefit from implementing Z540.3
include, but are not limited to:
•Packaging
•Machining
•Transportation
•Healthcare
•Energy
•Manufacturing
•Chemistry
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Conformity Assessment Process #2
Accreditation bodies seeking recognition in their assessment of
calibration laboratories to meet the requirements of Sub-clause
5.3 Calibration of measuring and test equipment, of the
National Standard.
Sub-clause 5.3 of the National Standard states:
Calibration – servicing components may be considered
competent to provide calibration services when they
have been accredited to meet ANSI/ISO/IEC 17025,
including the requirements of this sub-clause, or
otherwise found to be in conformance by an authority
acceptable to the customer.
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Conformity Assessment Process #2
It is recommended that consideration be given to ILAC/NACLA
recognized ABs.
ILAC/NACLA recognized ABs are qualified to determine
laboratory competence. As such, these ABs should not be
required to undergo duplicative recognition. Instead, it is
recommended that a supplemental process be developed solely
to assess the ability of the AB to certify the laboratory’s
compliance with the requirements of sub-clause 5.3.
The goal is to establish a process that will promote uniformity in
assessment to the supplemental requirements of sub-clause 5.3.
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In Closing:
Our expected outcomes include, but are not limited to:
•Assessment criteria development for Registrars/ABs
•Assessment process development
•Assessor training development
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