Calibration Services in Burbank

Aircraft maintenance is a torque discipline first

Airframe and component maintenance generates more torque calibration than any other single instrument category. Every fastener spec in a maintenance manual assumes the wrench that set it was itself in tolerance, and the record that proves it is the calibration certificate — with as-found data, because if a wrench comes back reading high, the maintenance organization has to scope which work is affected.

We calibrate torque wrenches, torque screwdrivers, and torque multipliers from 0.5 ozf·in to 1,000 lbf·ft. Alongside them: micrometers, bore gauges, thread gages, pressure gauges from hydraulic and pneumatic systems, and multimeters from avionics benches.

AS9100 and Nadcap evidence, not just a sticker

Burbank-area aerospace suppliers get audited against AS9100 and, where special processes are involved, Nadcap. Those audits look past the calibration sticker to the certificate behind it: does it show measurement uncertainty, is the traceability chain documented to NIST, is there a stated decision rule, and what was the as-found condition.

Every certificate we issue answers all four. We are ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited by A2LA under certificate 4296.01, comply with ANSI/NCSL Z540-1 and Z540.3, and document the decision rule with TUR on the certificate itself. Where a special process involves heat treatment, we also perform AMS 2750 oven and furnace surveys.

Production engineering has instruments too

Burbank studios and post facilities run engineering departments that most calibration providers never think to ask about — electrical test equipment on maintenance benches, force gauges and load cells on rigging and motion control, pressure instrumentation on hydraulics and effects systems, and dimensional tools in fabrication shops building sets and practical rigs.

Rigging and motion equipment in particular carries real consequences when a load reading is wrong. Our force and torque laboratory calibrates dead-weight force and torque across the ranges those systems use, and our electrical and RF laboratory runs automated Fluke MET/CAL procedures covering DMMs to 8.5 digits through spectrum and network analyzers.

Thirty-five miles, handled by the route

Burbank is on our free Tuesday and Thursday Los Angeles County route. It is a real drive — 45 to 60 minutes depending on the 5 — but it costs you nothing and the instruments never leave our custody between your dock and our bench.

That matters more than distance. The Southern California alternative is usually a national chain office that collects work and ships it out of state, where it enters a queue you cannot see. Everything we calibrate is calibrated in Placentia, in nine disciplines, by a lab that has been doing it since 1968. Standard turnaround is 7–10 business days, with expedited 24, 48, and 72-hour service when an aircraft or a production date is waiting.

Industries we serve in Burbank

• Aerospace & Defense
• Aircraft MRO
• Media & Production Engineering
• Electronics
• Machine Shops