F-Gas certification and Instrumental comparison: for which instruments is it mandatory?

Do you know that the continued use and the mechanical stresses to which equipment are subjected over time can cause drift measurement, resulting in a loss of accuracy? To carry out a periodic calibration can ensure a correct reliability of the instrument, helping the daily work of technician, in full compliance with industry regulations.

This is valid also for all instruments required for the verification of facilities containing fluorinated greenhouse gases. The UE N. 517/2014 regulation, in which are defined the obligations for reduction of emission of fluorinated gases, explains the periodic verification of the tools. This is also necessary condition to obtain the business certification.

Accredia, the only national authority that certifies the competence of certification bodies and calibration laboratories, has issued a circular (DC n. 12/2020) in which it defines which instruments are necessary to possess in order to achieve F-Gas certification and which of them require periodic calibration.
Specifically, the instruments for which annual calibration is required are:
– Manifold
– Digital clamp meter
– Digital electronic scale
– Electronic leak detector
– Digital thermometer with interchangeable probe
– Torque wrenches

The calibration of those instruments is necessary condition for accessing enterprise certification examinatio and its maintenance.

If your F-Gas certification is just before the deadline and you need to renew it, check the expiry date on the calibration certificates for your instrumentation.

Tecnogas puts at your disposal a metrological laboratory and the skills of our technicians to perform the instrumental comparison service. Calibration is a time-consuming and precise operation, so we suggest you send us your tools with due advance.
Furthermore, Tecnogas offers you the possibility to purchase some products with the instrumental comparison already included in the price. To learn more about our instrumental comparison service, download the dedicated brochure here.
Purchasing the necessary equipment, rather than renting it, certainly involves an initial expense, which is however amortized over the years. Furthermore, it allows you to always keep track of the calibration certificates to be in compliance with current regulations and have the certainty of the correct operation of the instrument in the field.

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