Calibration Report/ Certificate software

danw said:

When I got into the biz 30 years ago, it was the tail end of analog transmitters and the beginning of 'smart' transmitters. Every company of any size that had process instruments had a guy whose near of full time job was calibrating.

There was company in Colorado who sold a software package from early DOS days on for tracking calibrations. Honeywell bought the company in the late 1980's, but I just can't recall the name now. It seemed to disappear from view quite rapidly.

By the mid 1990's smart transmitters had taken over because they didn't drift, could be re-ranged without a pressure source, etc. This dramatically reduced the requirement for calibrations to a few 'critical' locations. In most plants calibration dropped to a few transmitters, no longer tens or hundreds.

The demand for calibration tracking software dropped dramatically at the same time PC's with Microsoft Office were becoming commonplace in the workplace.

Those industries that use a DCS along with a large installed base of transmitters use "asset management" programs, which I presume has some provision for recording calibration data.

There is likely some PC program out there for calibration. The pharmas are still sticky about calibration. There is a calibration web forum out there. There is a calibration group on Linkedin. You might have to expand your search if no response comes up here.

Or consider that a make-your-own-template spreadsheet could do what you need.

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JHarbin said:

Honeywell bought Loveland Controls in 1993 and as far as I can tell it is still called Honeywell-Loveland. The product was DocuMint and may still be available as a part of thier Asset Management Package.

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