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Weights and Measures Quarterly Newsletter Archive Index

Index to Articles by Device Type

	Weighing		Packaging and Labeling
	Measuring		Metrology
	Grain Moisture Meters/NIR		Field Standards
	Devices/Miscellaneous		OIML
	Fuel Quality		General/Miscellaneous

Weighing

Series/A-XXX	Key Words	Article	Issue
A-001	Railroad Scale	Railroad Weighing Issues	November 2001
A-002	Vehicle Scale AZSM	Testing Class III L Vehicle Scales with AZSM	February 2002
A-003	Tolerances	Applying One-half "d" Tolerances	March 2003
A-004	Weight Cart Error Weights NIST HB 105-8	Use of Fuel Error Weights on NIST HB 105-8 Compliant Weight Carts	December 2003
A-005	Multi-Interval Multiple Range	Tests for Multi-interval and Multiple Range Weighing Instruments	February 2004
A-006	Shift Test	Understanding Shift Test Requirements	February 2004
A-007	Span Load Vehicle Scale	Testing the Maximum Span Load on a Vehicle Scale	May 2004
A-008	Weight Classifiers	Markings and Tolerance Application for Weight Classifiers	May 2004
A-009	Error Weights Stain-Load Testing	The Importance of Using Error Weights in Strain-Load Testing	August 2004
A-010	Manual Weight	Manual Gross, Tare and Net Weight Entries on Scales	November 2004
A-011	Counting Feature Prescription Scale	Testing the Counting Feature on a Prescription Scale	November 2004
A-012	Automatic Weighing System AWS	Examination of Automatic Weighing Systems (AWS)	March 2005
A-013	Reference Scale	Using Reference Scales (corrected as of June 2005)	March 2005
A-014	Test Load	Defining a "Test Load"	June 2005
A-015	Remote Displays Vehicle Scales	Vehicle Scales and Remote Displays	August 2005
A-016	Ratio Test	Why Ratio Test?	August 2005
A-017	Belt-Conveyor Scale Systems Initial Test Material Test	Belt-Conveyor Scale Systems Questions on Testing	June 2006
A-018	Discrimination Test	Conducting Discrimination Tests	June 2006
A-019	Retail Computing Scales Pricing Feature Price Accuracy Fractional Unit Pricing Multiple Feature Legal Pricing Features	Retail Computing Scales-Are You Able to Detect a Noncompliant Pricing Feature?	June 2006
A-020	Sectional Tests Shift Tests Vehicle Scales Livestock Scales Railroad Track Scales Agreement of Indications	Agreement of Indications on Shift or Section Tests	September 2006
A-021	Split-draft weighing Two-draft weighing Double-draft weighing Double weighing	Split-draft Weighing	September 2006
A-022	Electronic Cash Registers (ECRs) Point-of-Sale Systems (POS) Card readers Cash acceptors	Electronic Cash Registers (ECR) and Point-of-Sale Systems (POS) Interfaced with Scales Part 1 - Background	September 2006
A-023	Electronic Cash Registers (ECR) Point-of-Sale Systems (POS) Inspection Markings Indicating elements Recording elements Zero-balance condition Price look-up (PLU) Increasing-load Decreasing-load Tare	Electronic Cash Registers (ECR) and Point-of-Sale Systems (POS) Interfaced with Scales Part 2 - Examination	September 2006
A-024	Vehicle Stored Tare	National Stored Tare Vehicle Study Concluded	November 2006
A-025	Marking Requirements Multiple Platforms Totalizing Indicating Element	Marking Requirements and Proper Testing Procedures for Vehicle Scales Equipped with Multiple Independent Platforms Interfaced with a Totalizing Indicating Element	November 2006
A-026	Multi-interval Multiple Range Tolerances	Determination of Test Loads & Tolerances for Multi-interval and Multiple Range Weighing Instruments	March 2007
A-027	Weight for shift tests Shift test loads Test pattern Postion of test weights Shift test procedures	New Shift Test Loads and Test Patterns for Platform Scales with Less than Three Sections	September 2007
A-028	Weighing Devices Large Capacity Scales	Overcoming Roadblocks of Testing Large Capacity Scales	June 2008
A-029	Specifications Tolerances Devices Calibrations	Devices Just Calibrated - Acceptance Tolerances Apply, Right?	June 2008
A-030	Tare	Proposed NIST Handbook 44 Requirements for Tare - Part 1, Background	September 2008
A-031	Tare	Proposed NIST Handbook 44 Requirements for Tare - Part 2, Terminology and Definitions	September 2008

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Measuring

Series/B-XXX	Key Words	Article	Issue
B-001	Ticket Printers VTM	All Vehicle Tank Meters Must Have Ticket Printers after January 1, 1999	May 1998
B-002	Remanufactured Devices Tolerances VTM LMD	Remanufactured Device Guidelines Accepted/New Liquid Measuring Devices and Vehicle-Tank Meters Tolerances	August 2002
B-003	Submetering Water Meters	Submetering of Water -- a Growing Concern	August 2002
B-004	Printed Receipts RMFD	Printed Receipts at Retail Service Stations	September 2003
B-005	Water Vending Machines	Drinking Water Vending Machines Gain Popularity	December 2003
B-006	Blend Dispensers RMFDs	Testing Blend Retail Motor-Fuel Dispensers (RMFDs)	December 2003
B-007	Temperature VTMS	Temperature is a Big Factor in Vehicle-Tank Meter Test	February 2004
B-008	Vapor Return Lines LPG	Using Vapor Return Lines on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Meters	August 2004
B-009	Sealing Requirements LMD Remote Configuration	Upcoming Changes for Sealing Reguirements for Measuring Devices with Remote Configuration Capability	August 2004
B-010	Split Compartment Test VTM	Split Compartment Test for Vehicle Tank Meters	November 2004
B-011	Contract Sales RMFD	Contract Sales Using Retail Motor-fuel Dispensers	March 2005
B-012	Gravimetric Testing Meters	Series 1 - Gravimetric Testing of Oil Meters: Equipment Needs and Scale Requirements	June 2005
B-013	Gravimetric Testing Oil Meters Converting Net Weight to Corrected Volume	Series 2 - Gravimetric Testing of Oil Meters: Converting Net Weight to Corrected Volume	August 2005
B-014	Fuel Tank Capacity Gas Pump Accuracy	Fuel Tank Capacity and Gas Pump Accuracy	August 2005
B-015	Metric Corrections Provers	Meter Testing and Corrections - Corrections During Liquid Meter Testing	March 2006
B-016	Hydrogen H₂ National Hydrogen Fuel Cells Codes and Standards Coordinating Committee (NHFCCSCC) Dept. of Energy	What's Next in Hydrogen?	June 2007
B-017	Gas Pumps Scales	Are There Scales on a Gas Pump? That Sounds Fishy to Me!	June 2007
B-018	Hydrogen H₂ National Hydrogen Fuel Cells Codes and Standards Coordinating Committee (NHFCCSCC) Department of Energy	What's Next in Hydrogen?	September 2007
B-019	Hydrogen H₂ National Hydrogen Fuel Cells Codes and Standards Coordinating Committee (NHFCCSCC) Department of Energy	What's Next in Hydrogen? Part 2	November 2007
B-020	Hydrogen H₂ National Hydrogen Fuel Cells Codes and Standards Coordinating Committee (NHFCCSCC) Department of Energy	What's Next in Hydrogen? U.S. National Work Group (USNWG) March 2008 Meeting	April 2008
B-021	Hydrogen H₂ Fuel Specifications Gaseous Hydrogen	Hydrogen, What's Next U.S. National Work Group (USNWG) for the Development of Commercial Hydrogen Measurement Standards	September 2008

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Grain Moisture Meters/NIR

Series/C-XXX	Key Words	Article	Issue
C-001	NIR Moisture Basis	Near Infrared (NIR) Device Inspection and Moisture Basis	November 2002
C-002	GMM Test Weight	New Requirements for Grain Moisture Meters Capable of Measuring Test Weight	February 2004
C-003	Testing Grain Moisture Meters GMMs	Testing Grain Moisture Meters (GMMs)	May 2004
C-004	Grain Moisture Meters Calibration Dielectric technology Capacitance Air-oven reference method	What do Grain Moisture Meters Measure and How are they Calibrated?	September 2006
C-005	Grain Moisture Meters	Grain Moisture Meter (GMM) Series Part 1 - Overview of GMM Series Topics	November 2006
C-006	Economic impact Grain moisture meters Moisture loss Shrinkage	Grain Moisture Meter (GMM) Series Part 2 - The Economic Impact of Errors in Moisture Measurements	March 2007
C-007	Near infrared technology Grain moisture Beer-Lambert Law Characteristic absorption bands	Grain Moisture Meter (GMM) Series Part 3 - Grain Moisture Meter Measurement Technology - Near Infrared	September 2007
C-008	Analog dispensers Measurement range Range of computing elements Computing capability Suitability of equipment Design specifications Total price computing capability Total sale capacity Total volume capacity	Total Sale Capacity for Analog Retail Motor-Fuel Dispensers	September 2007
C-009	Grain moisture Temperature Measuring Devices Field Testing Maintenance Storage	Grain Moisture Meter (GMM) Series, Part 4 - Grain Preparation, Maintenance and Storage of Grain Transfer Standards, Equipment and Apparatus, and Field Test Procedures	September 2008

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Devices/Miscellaneous

Series/D-XXX	Key Words	Article	Issue
D-001	Taximeter Security	S&T Proposes Taximeter Security Vote	May 2000
D-002	Remanufactured Devices	Remanufactured Device Task Force Releases Report	November 2000
D-003	Carcass Measuring Fat Content	Devices Used to Measure Fat Content in Animal Carcasses	February 2001
D-004	Measure Fat Content Animal Carcasses	Devices Used to Measure Fat Content in Animal Carcasses -- Update	August 2001
D-005	Global Positioning Systems GPS Rental Cars	Global Positioning Used in Rental Cars	August 2001
D-006	Remanufactured Devices Repaired Devices	Adopted Changes to the Remanufactured and Repaired Device Definition	August 2001
D-007	Carcass Measuring Devices - Update	Update on Device used to Measure Fat Content in Animal Carcasses	November 2001
D-008	Post Offices - Contract	Contract Post Offices	May 2002
D-009	ASTM F10 Measuring Animal Carcasses Fat Content	Update on ASTM Committee F10 Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems	May 2002
D-010	Remanufactured Devices - Guidelines	Remanufactured Device Guidelines Accepted/New Liquid Measuring Devices and Vehicle-Tank Meters Tolerances	August 2002
D-011	ASTM F10 Measuring Animal Carcasses Fat Content	ASTM Committee F10 on Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems	March 2003
D-012	ASTM F10 Measuring Animal Carcasses Fat Content	ASTM F10 Committee Work Progresses	September 2003
D-013	Carcass Evaluation	Inspecting and Testing Electronic Carcass Evaluation Devices	November 2005
D-014	Fat-O-Meat'er Electronic Carcass Evaluation	Inspecting and Testing Electronic Carcass Evaluation Devices	June 2006
D-015	Fat-O-Meat'er Electronic Carcass Evaluation	Inspecting and Testing Electronic Carcass Evaluation Devices	September 2006
D-016	Ultra Fom TM Animal Ultrasound Services (AUS) Fat Measurement Lean Measurement	Inspecting and Testing Electronic Carcass Evaluation Devices	March 2007
D-017	Vision system Evaluation system Digital photo Yield grade Cutout test ASTM Standard-F2343-06	Inspecting and Testing Electronic Carcass Evaluation Devices	September 2007

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Fuel Quality

Series/E-XXX	Key Words	Article	Issue
E-001	Diesel Fuel	NCWM Adopts L&R's Recommendations on Diesel Fuel	August 1998
E-002	Premium Diesel Fuel Definition	Definition of Premium Diesel Fuel Gets an Overhaul	September 2003

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Packaging and Labeling

Series/F-XXX	Key Words	Article	Issue
F-001	Labeling Wine	ATF Says "No" to Centiliters on Wine Bottles	August 1999
F-002	Metric-Only Labeling UPLR	NCWM Amends UPLR to Allow Metric-Only Labeling	August 1999
F-003	Labeling Small Packages	Reduced Space Symbology - Big News for Small Product Identification	November 2000
F-004	Metric-Only Labeling	Providing the Option for Metric-Only Labeling	August 2001
F-005	Net Contents Nutritional Labeling FDA	Federal Involvement in Net Content Inspection	November 2001
F-006	Moisture Loss	Moisture Loss: What is it? How much is allowed?	February 2002
F-007	Packaging and Labeling Laws	Updating U.S. Packaging and Labeling Laws	May 2002
F-008	NIST Handbook 133	Intent and Scope of NIST Handbook 133	August 2002
F-009	FPLA Metric-Only Labeling	Summary on FPLA-Metric Forum	November 2002
F-010	Package Labeling Guides	Package Labeling Guides	December 2003
F-011	Non-Consumer Packages - Labeling	Labeling Non-consumer Packages	February 2004
F-012	Non-Consumer Packages - General	Non-consumer Packages in the Consumer Marketplace	February 2004
F-013	Net Content Net Quantity Federal Requirements FDA	Net Content Inspections - Federal Requirements	May 2004
F-014	Net Content Inspection Net Quantity Inspection	Net Content Inspections - What and Where to Test	May 2004
F-015	MAVs USDA Products	MAVs and USDA Products	August 2004
F-016	MAVs USDA Clarification	USDA Clarifies MAVs	March 2005
F-017	Ink Jet Cartridges Labeling	Ink Jet Cartridge Labeling . . Is Count Enough?	March 2005
F-018	Field standards Calibration intervals	NIST-Suggested Field Standards & Calibration Intervals	August 2005
F-019	Tare	Report on Meeting on Tare	November 2005
F-020	Tare Stored Vehicle Tare	Update on U.S. Stored Vehicle Tare Study	March 2006
F-021	Moisture Allowance	Moisture Allowance-The Official's Nemesis; Industry's Nightmare!	March 2006
F-022	Clear polyethylene bags Method of sale Product identifiers	Regulatory Requirements for Fruits and Vegetables	March 2007
F-023	Gel soaker pads Moisture loss Unused dry tare Used dry tare Wet tare MAV	Moisture Loss and Gel Soaker Pads—What Do I Do?	September 2007
F-024	Tare	Is the Wax Coating on Cheese Considered Tare?	June 2008
F-025	Inspections Outreach	Ideas for Obtaining Retailer Compliance Through Education and Outreach	September 2008

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Metrology

Series/G-XXX	Key Words	Article	Issue
G-001	Laboratory Management Review	Laboratory Management Review (For Laboratory Managers and Supervisors)	May 2002
G-002	Thermometry Labs Refined Temperature Scales Kelvin	Thermometry Group Leads International Efforts to Refine Temperature Scales	August 2005
G-003	Volume Calibration	Reading, Correction or Error? Issue in Volume Calibration	November 2005
G-004	ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Master List Management System Documents Quality Manual Document Control	The Master List - A Great Tool for Document Management	June 2007
G-005	Customer satisfaction ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Laboratories	Customer Satisfaction for Laboratories	April 2008

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Field Standards

Series/H-XXX	Key Words	Article	Issue
H-001	Weight Cart Handbook 105-8	Use of Fuel Error Weights on NIST HB 105-8 - Compliant Weight Carts	December 2003
H-002	Volumetric prover calibration	Volumetric Prover Calibration and Use	February 2004
H-003	Small volume provers	Series- Part 1 - Small Volume Provers: Identification, Terminology and Definitions	March 2005
H-004	Small volume provers	Part 2 - Small Volume Provers: History, Design, and Operation	June 2005
H-005	Field Standards Shipping Packaging	Proper Packaging Required to Maintain Traceability	June 2005
H-006	Calibration Accreditation	Calibration of Rock? Calibration Certificates - Acceptance or Not?	June 2005
H-007	Small volume provers Meter performance Proving K-factor	Part 3 - Small Volume Provers: Mathematical Determination of Meter Performance Using SVPs	August 2005
H-008	Glassware calibration Use of glassware	Important Technical Guidance on Glassware	August 2005
H-009	Field standards Calibration intervals	NIST - Suggested Field Standards & Calibration Intervals	August 2005
H-010	Small volume provers SVPs Operating Procedures	Part 4 - Small Volume Provers (SVPs): Operating Procedures for the Use of SVPs when Testing Loading Rack Meters	November 2005
H-011	Field Standards Weight Carts Retroactivity	Are You Confused by "Retroactivity?"	November 2005
H-012	SVP Report Forms SVPs Small volume provers	Part 5-Small Volume Prover (SVP) Proving Reports	March 2006
H-013	Mercury thermometers	Get the (Lead) Mercury Out!!	March 2006
H-014	Bottom-drain sight flow gages Decimal Gallon indications LPG provers High-resolution devices	Updates to Handbook 105-3 and 105-4	April 2008

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OIML

Series/I-XXX	Key Words	Article	Issue
I-001	NIST Handbook 44 OIML R76	US/OIML Legal Metrology Comparison	March 2003
I-002	International Legal Metrology Organizations	Internal Legal Metrology Organizational Primer	June 2008

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General/Miscellaneous

Series/J-XXX	Key Words	Article	Issue
J-001	E-Commerce	L&R Committee to Consider Proposal Affecting E-Commerce and Catalog Sales	November 2000
J-002	E-Commerce E-Business NIST Workshop Internet Shopping	NIST Hosts E-Business Workshop	May 2001
J-003	E-Business E-Commerce Internet Shopping	E-Business -- Shop Safely	November 2002
J-004	Metric Transition	Transition to the Metric System - A Window of Opportunity	March 2003
J-005	Industry Standards Legal Requirements	Industry Standards versus Legal Requirements	May 2003
J-006	Hydrogen Fuel -- Standards Development	U.S. to Lead in Development of Hydrogen Power Research	May 2003
J-007	Audit Trails	Inspecting Equipment with Audit Trails	December 2003
J-008	Accuracy Testing Repeatability Testing	Accuracy and Repeatability Testing -- What's the Difference?	February 2004
J-009	Repeatability Tolerances	How to Apply Repeatability Tolerances	May 2004
J-010	NIST Handbook 44	Using NIST Handbook 44	November 2004
J-011	Quantity Inspections Quality Inspections	Quantity Versus Quality -- Taking Shortcuts	March 2005
J-012	New Technology	Changing Technology and the Weights & Measures Official	November 2005
J-013	Calibration	Who's Who in Calibration Accreditation?	November 2005
J-014	NTEP CCs Suitability of equipment	Suitability of Installation and Variations of Weighing and Measuring Devices Covered by an NTEP CC	March 2006
J-015	Standards Development Process Submission of Issues Adoption of Weights and Measures Device Standards	Standards Development Process and Submission of Issues	June 2007
J-016	Purpose of NIST Handbook 44 Technical Requirements Examination Procedure Outlines (EPOs) NIST Training Seminars Technical Supoort form NIST Staff Field Manuals	Device Inspection - Where to Find Help	June 2007
J-017	Maintenance tolerance Acceptance tolerance	Applying Correct Tolerances	September 2007

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Date created: April 27, 2005
Last updated: January 5, 2009