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Show June HILL TOP TIMES 10 Page 28, 1974 Stauffer performs final check and test during calibration of Hickock Oscilloscope prior to certifying for use by the owning activity. effort is made to maintain cleanliness and safety in the laboratory area. Watches, rings and metal rimmed glasses are not worn. Personnel are provided with lint and static-fre- e laboratory coats. DUST PMELo The challenge of increased workload, complexity, and accuracy associated with calibration of Precision Measurement Equipment (PME) required the con- struction of a new PME laboratory (PMEL) to replace part of the old facility, Building 212. This new building, which was begun in August 1972, has been completed, and occupancy is in the final stages. commodate all of the facilities in located Buioldings 100M, 212, and 215. previously Construction as was directed by the Army Corp of Engineers, and the contractor was the Santa Fe Engineering Building 214 complex (Bays B and C) provides now additional space to ac- - LOANS to M0,000 MOO 2nd Mortgage Loans mosphere. SHOE cleaners and air locks are provided at laboratory entrances. Walls, floors, furniture and fixtures are of compositions which resist areas is maintained at 73.0 degrees with plus 1 minus 2 degrees with a maximum of 50 per cent RH. The required degree of cleanliness is achieved by a filtering system to maintain a accumulation of dust, flaking, chemicals, chipping, and other deterioration. This all Company. THE total project, which cost approximately $1,500,000 was under the surveillance of the Base Civil Engineering Division. The PMEL is classed as an Air Force Type IIA 'Mi- areas, w t rrr dimensional, INSIDE Since calibration and repair areas will not be used for office space for supervisory or clerical personnel, offices are established adjoining the laboratory area. 68 t Signature No Furniture Insurance Required or Sold t nt Kv.trt pluv very remodeled country kitchen walk out to patio, new farpet and many other extra. isumf present mortgage, .mail down and seller will carry calibration to manufacturers' .specifications. It is then into the Mechanized en-srr- cd and Control Scheduling System. Thereafter, throughout its service life, it is calibrated and certified as specified intervals to insure accuracy is maintained. ''itC'X Li new home for 200 skilled technicians utilizing million worth of electronic and equipment standards. The building is constructed without windows in the laboratory area to help prevent dust OUTSIDE-T- Oqden Bench ovply ? elec- purpose equipment. New PME is given first time certification by a thorough and he in excess of $1 electro-dimension- al contamination. THE laboratory itself rrquires annual certification by the Air Force Guidance and Metrology Center, AGMC, MESS: New July 1 at OPEN NCO tokens will go on sale NCO Open Mess. Please redeem all blue tokens by this date. CAMPING! Equipment for military personnel for the July 4 holiday may be checked out from Military Sports Loan, , starting at 7 a.m., Bldg. S-1- July 3. INVITATION: The Ogden will open a Craft Cottage July 8 to sell arts and crafts of all types and kinds from homemakers, students, YWCA artists and teachers. For information contact the YWCA, 399-589- 5, 505 27th street. ontract J Oqden Valley it you want to be where the c1on i convder a heauMut lot at Pa'o Spring Oub membership goes wfh oirr have '. Joseph P. Kenny 23 Years Serving Ogden Area Ogden Valley or those who wnt pines, aspen and a breath taking view this 'ovely one ar.re Summer home can be yours tor a small down, owner will carry contract Ottered Model Finance Corporation 3662 Wail Avo. (KMart Plaza) 621-493- 4 By or 74SJM4 J,m Taylor, 74 mt Patio Springs Realty Eden, Utah 84310 Moreala Days Rodeo 3 Big June 27-Ju- ne Nights 28-Ju- ne 29 Show Time-- 8 p.m. Each Night Adult Admission: $2.00 County Fairgrounds Morgan, Utah Sponsored By g, electrical, l, determine if it will accomplish its intended function and meet degrees N E ap- test automatic tronic, and special equipment, test Furniture e Auto olectro-mechanica- measurements used are traceable through AGMC to the National Bureau of Standards. According to John O. PME Laboratory Branch effective chief, PMEL of the management maintenance firm requires discipline, and strong quality assurance and scheduling support. "We believe the Ogden ALC PMEL is the best PMEL in the Air Force." Mc-Clur- are difproximately ferent. Technicians must possess all of the skills required to calibrate, repair, and certify this enormous variety of equipment. Skills are maintained in the areas of tem- with plus 1 minus 5 degrees with a 45 per cent relative humidity (KH). Temperature in the calibration and repair working standards, and PME items are not calibrated and used. Since PME items are used to test and verify the accuracy of aircraft and missile components in practically every production shop, the importance of precise PME cannot be overemphasized. standards, 6,000 vironmental controls. In the dimensional perature must be 00-20-- 14 OF the 28,000 plus items in 4 jL-li.- Y must Technical Order be met; the operating personnel must possess skills and competence to meet certification requirements. All If at any time temperature, humidity, and dust are not within prescribed tolerances, the Air Force Base reference the PME inventory, - cleanliness; therefore, the laboratory must operate enunder stringent calibration 1805 (USAF photos: SSgt. Frank Garzelnick) maximum of 700 particles of assists in effective dust Newark AFS, Ohio. of All dust per cubic foot of atcontrol. requirements Cleanest of the clean THE building contains approximately 43,000 square Laboratory. It calibrates, feet, and provides one central repairs, and certifies all PME laboratory for calibration and for Ogden ALC, and provides repair of PME, as well as support to Hill AFB tenants, areas for support and ad- Air National Guard Units, and missile sites within the ministrative personnel. and geographical area. Lyon, Lowe, Jones, The standards, or known Associate Architects, to new structure references, used to calibrate designed the PME items are greatly af215 214 and and join buildings fected by changes in temcreate one central facility. The new core area of the perature, humidity, and air 9 STEPS-Gle- nn FREE-Eve- ry Morgan Lions Club |