The new standard has two sections. Part 1 covers ‘Conformity’, while Part 2 deals with ‘Calibration’. Part 1 is similar to ISO 6789:2003, with a few minor changes and clarifications, whereas Part 2 is completely new, introducing a set of uncertainties that increases the number of operations required for fully calibrating a torque wrench.
Advanced Witness Systems has recently released its new software called Kepler 4, which fully complies with both parts of ISO 6789:2017 and increases productivity. It comes in two parts, ‘Calibration’ and ‘Conformity’, which are available separately or combined, depending on a customer’s requirements.
Kepler 4 stores the uncertainty data from the first calibration of a tool, in order to reuse this data for subsequent calibrations. This significantly reduces the number of operations required for each subsequent calibration.
Using a system of databases to store customer, tool, model and instrument information; all linked to an auto-generating Works Order number; Kepler 4 allows efficient searching for, and tracking of, records. Bespoke calibration certificates, labels and reports can be generated to suit the customer’s needs.
More information and a free 2-day trial is available from the company website: www.awstorque.co.uk
