Glossary

The German measurement and calibration law MessEG regularises calibration in §§7 through 57 and includes the obligatory calibration of measuring instruments in official and contractual transport, health service, security service, and transportation, and for environmental protection.

Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) designates the KPI system, which scales the production output, production quality, and system availability down to one key performance indicator to provide for a transparent overview of the added value of a line or a production process.

The Office of Weights and Measures is responsible for statutory metrology (transformed into national property in 1912). The main tasks are supervision and calibration of measuring instruments subject to obligatory calibration due to their use. The Offices of Weights and Measures in Germany normally are subordinate to the ministry of economics of the land and are bound to regulations by the PTB (federal institute of physics and metrology).

The on-call contract settles how to handle error messages beyond the usual business time from 8 am to 5 pm and is interesting for customers which cannot afford downtimes. We offer different types of on-call contracts. Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.

OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) is a machine to machine communication protocol for industrial automation developed by the OPC Foundation. Alongside  Additionally it offers security functionality for authentication, authorization, integrity and confidentiality.