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Calibration Management Workflow

This workflow provides the basic, high-level steps for using this module. The steps and links in this workflow do not necessarily reference every possible procedure. For more procedures, see the links in the Related Information section.

To calibrate a piece of equipment:

1. Identify the piece of equipment that you want to calibrate.
2. Identify the tool (test equipment or standard gas cylinder) that you will use to perform calibration. To do so, for each piece of test equipment, you will need to create a Test Equipment, which stores details about the piece of test equipment, including whether or not the piece of test equipment is certified. If you will use a standard gas cylinder, you must create a Standard Gas Cylinder, which stores the details of the cylinder and its components.
3. Define the type of calibration that you will perform. To do so, create a Profile Template for automated calibration or manual calibration.
4. Create a Calibration Profile to group all the Assets that will use the template that you have created.
5. Apply the Calibration Template to an Asset. GE Digital APM creates a copy of the template (called an Applied Profile), and links it to the Asset.
6. Define the schedule on which you will perform the calibration. To do so, link a Calibration Task.
7. If you are performing an automated calibration, send the templates to the calibrator.
8. Perform the calibration. If you have performed an automated calibration, receive data from the calibrator.
9. Create a new Calibration to store the details of the calibration. You can create a Calibration either from the Calibration Queue section. If you are performing an automated calibration, then GE Digital APM automatically creates a Calibration for each calibration that you have performed.
10. Send the Calibration for approval.
11. Evaluate the calibration results using the reports and graphs in Calibration Management and other GE Digital APM modules.
12. Approve or reject the Calibration. You can do this only if you are a member of the MI Calibration Administrator group.
13. Propose a Recommendation.

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