TC-3 Workshop in IMEKO Congress Dr. Dae-Im Kang, TC-3 Chairman Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science

Fundamental Aspects IMEKO TC3 Measurement of Force, Mass and Torque  Force and Torque Metrology in the Micro and Nano Range  New Concepts in Mass Metrology and Weighing Technology  Re-definition of the kilogram  Air Density The Aim of TC3  To bring to the forefront the latest developments and achievements in the measurement of force, mass, torque, density and related quantities

Traceability and Dissemination  Calibration Procedures and Facilities  Transfer Standards and Uncertainty Evaluations  Inter-laboratory Comparisons Instrumentation and Methods  Force and Torque Standard Machines and Facilities  Mass Standards and Balances  Hydrostatic Weighing Applications  Material Testing Machines  Force and Torque Transducers in Robotics and Automation  Weighing Instruments and Load Cells

Force Application & Standards

Torque Control in Automobile Industry Automobile assembling Torque traceability chain in H motor company Welding : 60 % Bolting : 35 % (90 % of Engine) World class car (5 %) Torque standards in KRISS (0.005 %) Torque calibration machine (0.1 %) Torque wrench (1 %)  Bolting torque control : Key role for automobile quality control  Tight torque control  Production of world class car

Industries in South America General Index of Economic Conditions (2004) Population (Million) GDP (mUSD) Trading (mUSD) Brazil181604,870159,240 Argentina38151,29856,775 Chile15.990,80054,956 Industrial Structure Agriculture Forestry Stockbreeding Mining Industry (Iron, Aluminum) Food industry Textile industry Iron industry Automobile industry Aircraft industry 30 % of GDP  High economic growth  Increase of high-technology industry  Increase of heavy industry GDP : Gross Domestic Product

Topics for RIO Workshop Force Torque Material testing machines  Large Force Standards and Dissemination by Using Build-up System  Speaker: Dae-Im Kang (KRISS)  Torque Standards and its Dissemination : Torque Application for Industries  Speaker: Diedert Peschel (PTB)  Recent Issues in the Calibration of Material Testing Machines  Speaker: Rolf Kumme (PTB)