Technology Services, Weights and Measures Division, NIST

NIST Handbook 44 - 2008 Edition

Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements
for Weighing and Measuring Devices

as adopted by the 92nd National Conference on Weights and Measures 2007

 

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Cover

  

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Title Page

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Foreword

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Committee Chairmen (Past)

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Table of Contents for Document

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2007 Amendments

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2007 Editorial Changes

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Introduction

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Section 1

    

    

1.10

General Code

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Section 2

   

2.20

Scales

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2.21

Belt-Conveyor Scale Systems

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2.22

Automatic Bulk Weighing Systems

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2.23

Weights

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2.24

Automatic Weighing Systems

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Section 3

         

3.30

Liquid-Measuring Devices

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3.31

Vehicle-Tank Meters

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3.32

Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Anhydrous Ammonia Liquid-Measuring Devices

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3.33

Hydrocarbon Gas Vapor-Measuring Devices

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3.34

Cryogenic Liquid-Measuirng Devices

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3.35

Milk Meters

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3.36

Water Meters

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3.37

Mass Flow Meters

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3.38

Carbon Dioxide Liquid-Measuring Devices

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Section 4

         

4.40

Vehicle Tanks Used as Measures

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4.41

Liquid Measures

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4.42

Farm Milk Tanks

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4.43

Measure-Containers

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4.44

Graduates

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4.45

Dry Measures

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4.46

Berry Baskets and Boxes

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5.50

Fabric-Measuring Devices

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5.51

Wire- and Cordage-Measuring Devices

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5.52

Linear Measures

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5.53

Odometers

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5.54

Taximeters

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5.55

Timing Devices

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5.56(a)

Grain Moisture Meters

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5.56(b)

Grain Moisture Meters

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5.57

Near-Infared Grain Analyzers

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5.58

Multiple Dimension Measuring Devices

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5.59

Electronic Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems and/or Devices - Tentative Code

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Appendices

       

A

Fundamental Considerations

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B

Units and Systems of Measurement

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C

General Tables of Units of Measurement

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D

Definitions

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Summary of HB-44 Requirements Becoming Effective in 2008

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Page Last Modified:  June 11, 2008

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