• DocumentCode
    236291
  • Title

    The design of the new NIST-4 watt balance

  • Author

    Chao, Leon S. ; Seifert, Frank ; Cao, Austin ; Haddad, Darine ; Newell, David B. ; Schlamminger, Stephan ; Pratt, Jon R.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    24-29 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    364
  • Lastpage
    365
  • Abstract
    The design of the new permanent-magnet driven watt balance and novel mechanical features will demonstrate the high-precision capabilities of a new watt balance mass measurement system. This article will introduce the concept of replacing the counter mass with an auxiliary mass and precision alignment of the coil using a large flexure. The system is expected to have overall uncertainties on the order of 3 parts in 108.
  • Keywords
    mass measurement; permanent magnets; NIST-4 watt balance; auxiliary mass; coil precision alignment; flexure; mass measurement system; permanent-magnet driven watt balance; Coils; Force; Ground penetrating radar; NIST; Radiation detectors; Superconducting magnets; Wheels; flexure; kilogram; mass; permanent magnet; watt balance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM 2014), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Rio de Janeiro
  • ISSN
    0589-1485
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-5205-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CPEM.2014.6898410
  • Filename
    6898410