Netstal Maschinen AG has received accreditation from the Swiss Accreditation Service (SAS) as a calibration laboratory for injection moulding machines in accordance with the international standard ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
This entitles Netstal to perform risk-based machine calibrations at customers' facilities and to issue standard-compliant documentation.
Since December 2, 2021, Netstal Maschinen AG is an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited calibration laboratory for the measurands temperature, force, pressure, clamping force, length, and speed. The accreditation number of the Swiss Accreditation Service SAS is SCS 0165. The official accreditation entitles Netstal to perform regular calibrations of injection moulding machines for its customers.
Renzo Davatz, CEO at Netstal and member of the Executive Committee of the KraussMaffei Group, said: "With the ISO 17025 accreditation, we have reached a significant milestone in the history of Netstal. It makes us the first and only manufacturer of medical injection moulding machines to receive accreditation as a calibration laboratory.
Calibration in accordance with ISO 17025:2017 is available immediately and can be performed on-site at the customer's premises.
Daniel Wipfli, product manager controls and digital products at Netstal, said: "Our new service offering is primarily aimed at our customers in the medical technology sector. With risk-based calibration by our qualified calibration personnel and the use of metrological traceable and calibrated measuring devices, we ensure verifiable measurement accuracy of the relevant sensor signals within a defined measurement uncertainty range.
"In the course of the calibrations, our technical experts create standard-compliant documentation that our customers can use in the audit.”