The Indian calibration industry is expanding at a gradual pace. This market is driven by the need for accurate information while calibrating / Testing of Measuring Devices and rectifying any deviations from its routine performance. Over the years, this market has expanded to comprise industries like Automobile, Aerospace and Defence, Pharmaceutical, Civil Industries, Oil & Gas Industries, Power Generation, Semiconductors, Communication, Electronics Appliances Manufacturers, Electronic Goods Manufacturers, Textile Industry, Food and Water Industry. While these create massive potential for this industry, unless the calibration is carried out by recognized calibration laboratories, certain Quality and Accuracy Parameters cannot be met.
This belief was bolstered as Third-Party Inspection Agencies, and Lead Assessors of ISO 9001 begun insisting on the Traceability of Calibration being top priority. Thus, every customer either certified under Global Standard or those Serving ISO-certified industries has been directed to use calibration from Accredited Labs. There is only one widely recognized Certifying Agency in India which is NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing & Calibration Laboratories) that comes under Quality Council Of India (QCI), New Delhi. However, the calibration services market is highly fragmented. India is mushroomed with recognized and unrecognized labs along with individuals conducting calibration activities, challenging the existing and authorized Accredited Laboratories. This gives rise to unhealthy competition even amongst the Accredited Labs.
Holding one of the leadership positions in this domain is Perfect Calibration Centre Pvt Ltd., Headquartered in Chennai and having achieved NABL Accreditation Certification, with its trusted comprehensive suite of calibration services. Having commenced its journey in 2002 with mere mechanical calibration, today, PCCPL takes pride in its gamut of offerings that cover all parameters of Calibration activities in the field of Dimensional, Torque, Force, Hardness, Pressure, Vacuum, Mass, Volumetric, Weighing Balances, Acoustics (Sound), UTM Machine, Thermal, Temperature & Humidity Measurement, Speed, Electro-Technical, Optical (Lux Meters), Density & Viscosity, Vibration & Accelerometers, Fluid Flow, Gas Flow, Air Flow, Liquid Flow, Metal Testing of Mechanical, Chemical & Metalogical and so on.
Offering Robust And Innovative Solution And Services
The company is highly equipped to meet and exceed every client’s unique requirements with its broad spectrum of stateof-the-art calibration and testing services. Some of the major specialization areas in Calibration are listed below:-
• Dimensional Calibration up to 2000 mm
• Mass: - 1mg to 20 Kg Weights Calibration
• Volume: - 1µl to 20 litres Volumetric Calibration
• Force:- Uni Axial Testing Machine 5N to 2000kN
• Speed & Acceleration:- Accelerometer Calibration 5Hz - 10kHz @ 30g
• Mobile Van Calibration at Industry Premises Linear Measurement Up to 600mm and Torque up to 500 Nm
• Torque:- Torque sensor/Transducer Calibration upto 1500 Nm
• Torque:- Rotary Torque Tool /Impact Torque upto 100 Nm
• Optical:- Lux meter Calibration upto 32000Lux
• Gas Flow:- upto 500 slpm
• Water Flow:- Upto 900m3/hr
• Air Flow: -Upto 40m/s
• Humidity Chamber: - 15 percent Rh to 95 percent Rh @ 25°C to 70°C (Mapping)
• Temperature Calibration:- -95°C to 1200°C
• Temperature Chamber:- -80°C to 200°C
• Furnace Mapping: - upto 1200°C ( Temperature Uniformity Survey & System Accuracy Test )
• Alternating Current & Direct Current:- Measurement Capability upto 50kV
• Alternating Current & Direct Current:- Source & Measure upto 1000 Amps
• Alternating Current:- Gauss meter upto 30,000 Gauss
• Time & Frequency:- 0.1 Sec to 24 Hrs (Time) , 100 Counts to 90000 Counts (Counter)
• Infrared / Thermal Imager / Pyrometer:- -25°C to 1200°C
In conjunction with this, some of the key specialization areas in Testing extended by PCCPL are:-
• Chemical & Elemental Analysis by Spectrometer in engineering metals like Ferrous Base with N2 for Carbon & Alloy Steels, Stainless Steels, Tool Steel etc and, Al, Ti, Zn, Cu and Ni Bases
• Tensile, Shear, Bend, Compression Tests etc on Engineering Metals like Bars, Rods, Pipes, Welded Metals, Tmt Bars & Construction Materials
• Micro Hardness Tester for Micro Vickers & Knoop Hardness Tests from 0.01 to 1 kg Loads & Transverse Hardness for Effective Case Depth
• Vickers Hardness Tester : 1 -50 kg Load
• Rockwell Hardness Tests on A,B,C Scales & Superficial Rockwell from 15-45N
• Macroscope Analysis from 4X to 50X optical Zoom for Weld Penetration and bar/ fillets/ forging flows etc
• Metallurgical Microscope from 50X to 1000X Optical Zoom for Phase Analysis, Case and coating layer depth analysis and decarburization Analysis, GC Iron and SG Iron Analysis, Porosity Analysis and Inclusion Rating etc
• Impact Testing Machine: - Charpy 300J & Izod 160J @ Room & Sub-Zero Temperature
Staying Abreast Of Trending Technologies
With technology growing exponentially, the company is fully equipped to extend calibration facilities to its customers On-Site through its unique Calibration Mobile Van. Standing apart from its competitors in this market, PCCPL has been recognized as the First Laboratory to get NABL Accreditation for Mobile Calibration Van in India. Additionally, PCCPL is the First Laboratory in India to develop an Android Mobile App (Perfect Calibration App) to assure Instant Customer Service with all the Facilities, NABL Scope and Locations.
Committed toward continuing to bring about positive change in this domain, PCCPL aims to infuse advance technology within its offerings and upgrade its team’s skills while continuing to widen the scope of calibration and testing parameters
The company also provides Doorstep Collection of Instruments from clients and ensures the shortest return time post Calibration. “Our growth in terms of extension of services, effectively has been indicated by the establishment of Branches and various other leading-edge facilities in every five years. We are sure that we will achieve our Vision and Mission of becoming a Leader in the Calibration and Testing Services in the India,” says S. Srinivasan, CMD, Perfect Calibration Centre Pvt Ltd.,
The company believes it commands quite the market presence today because of their commitment towards the continual improvement of the Quality of Calibration Services provided. This is achieved mainly by upgrading their Masters, providing adequate refresher training to update the skill of Calibration Engineers, and achieving total customer satisfaction by attending to even minor customer issues and using their feedback to further improve the quality output. “To serve the customer throughout South India, from Chennai, we extended our branches at BANGALORE, COIMBATORE, SRIPERUMBUDUR. We also started Material Testing Laboratory at Chennai which is NABL Accredited,” adds S. Srinivasan.
Into The Future
Committed toward continuing to bring about positive change in this domain, PCCPL aims to infuse advance technology within its offerings and upgrade its team’s skills while continuing to widen the scope of Calibration and Testing Parameters. The lab, having catered to a plethora of customers, has recorded a gradual rise in its annual growth and progress of PCCPL, Over the years, has worked with an ever increasing customer base and the company attributes the customer satisfaction achieved to its reliable and best calibration services. The company envisions exploring and establishing more Calibration and Testing Stations in selected areas.
Achieving Complete Customer Satisfaction
Perfect Calibration Centre Pvt Ltd. has carved a niche for itself in the calibration and testing services sector. Incepted close to two decades ago, the company was established mainly to render calibration services to Industrial units in the southern states of India. Over the years, the company has extended its bouquet of novel calibration services to a broad range of well-renowned clientele. S. Srinivasan recounts how a prominent customer, hailing from Coimbatore, required Torque tool calibration and Humidity & Temperature Chamber Mapping at different Temperature Set Points.
However, for Torque Tool the client involved in continuous production and was thusunable to send the tool faraway and thus bring about a hindrance in production timings and delay the QC checks as well. The team of dedicated professionals at PCCPL gained a complete understanding of the client’s requirements.
Based on their requirement, the team conducted R&D and got NABL Accreditation in their own lab for Torque Tool Calibration, thus also saving a lot of the client’s time. And for Chamber Mapping we got Accreditation by sending our Masters out of Country for Master Calibration as there is no facility with in the country. “We also give Training in Calibration, Uncertainty Calculations, and ISO/IEC 17025:2017 and also in Testing Parameters & NDT. This helps educate our customers that in turn help them in the development of the companies and their Products,” informs S. Srinivasan.
