Contact Weights and Measures Division Go to NIST Home Page Go to Technology Services Home Page Go to Search NIST Webspace Go to A-Z Search Index Go to NIST Home Page Go to Technology Services Home Page
Technology Services, Weights and Measures Division, NIST

NIST Handbook 44 - 2001 Edition

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

as adopted by the 86th National Conference on Weights and Measures 2000

Sections

? Foreword
? 2000 Amendments (2001 Edition)
? Introduction
Section 1
? 1.10. General Code
Section 2
? 2.20. Scales
? Table 3 (Parameters for Accuracy Classes) Insert
? Table S.6.3.b. Numbers 1-11 (Marking Requirements) Insert
? Tables 7a. (Typical Class of Device for Weighing Operations) and 7b. (Applicable to Devices not Marked With a Class Designation) Insert
? Table UR.3.2.1. (Span Maximum Load) Insert
? 2.21. Belt-Conveyor Scale Systems
? 2.22. Automatic Bulk Weighing Systems
? 2.23. Weights
? 2.24. Automatic Weighing Systems - Tentative Code
?
Note: Please print out the following tables and replace them with pages 59 and 60 in the AWS Code.
Table S.7.a - Page 59
Table S.7.b. - Page 60

Section 3

? 3.30. Liquid-Measuring Devices
? 3.31. Vehicle-Tank Meters
? 3.32. Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Anhydrous Ammonia Liquid-Measuring Devices
? 3.33. Hydrocarbon Gas Vapor-Measuring Devices
? 3.34. Cryogenic Liquid-Measuring Devices
? 3.35. Milk Meters
? 3.36. Water Meters
? 3.37. Mass Flow Meters
? 3.38. Carbon Dioxide Liquid-Measuring Devices - Tentative Code
Section 4
? 4.40. Vehicle Tanks Used as Measures
? 4.41. Liquid Measures
? 4.42. Farm Milk Tanks
? 4.43. Measure-Containers
? 4.44. Graduates
? 4.45. Dry Measures
? 4.46. Berry Baskets and Boxes
Section 5
? 5.50. Fabric-Measuring Devices
? 5.51. Wire- and Cordage-Measuring Devices
? 5.52. Linear Measures
? 5.53. Odometers
? 5.54. Taximeters
? 5.55. Timing Devices
? 5.56.(a)Grain Moisture Meters
? 5.56.(b)Grain Moisture Meters
? 5.57. Near-Infrared Grain Analyzers - Tentative Code
? 5.58. Multiple Dimension Measuring Devices - Tentative Code
Appendices
? Appendix A. Fundamental Considerations
? Appendix B. Units and Systems of Measurement
? Appendix C. General Tables of Units of Measurement
? Appendix D. Definitions


Previous Handbook 44 Editions

Edition: Resulting from: Link
2000 84th National Conference on Weights and Measures 1999
2001 85th National Conference on Weights and Measures 2000



Reader Software
Adobe PDF icon
Reader Software Downloads - This will allow you to readthe above documents without owning a copy of the software.
This software may be downloaded without charge. The softwareis identified in order to assist users of this information service. In nocase does such identification imply recommendation or endorsement by theNational Institute of Standards and Technology.

Date created: November 30, 2000
Last updated: October 4, 2006

Program questions: Weights and Measures

Phone: (301) 975-4004, Fax: (301) 975-8091, Email: owm@nist.gov

Weights and Measures Division, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2600, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2600

If you have any questions regarding this website, or notice any problems or inaccurate information, please contact the webmaster by sending e-mail to: TSWeb@nist.gov
NIST is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce.