TIME & FREQUENCY SERVICES IN MALAYSIA

TIME & FREQUENCY

SERVICES IN MALAYSIA

Presented by :

Mohd Rafiq Bin Abdul Kamal

Metrologist

National Metrology Laboratory

SIRIM Berhad, Malaysia

Time & Frequency Laboratory


BACKGROUND

SIRIM BERHAD, MALAYSIA

SIRIM (Standards and Industrial Research Institute of

Malaysia) was established in 1975 under the SIRIM

(Incorporation) Act 157 under Ministry of Science,

Technology and Environment.

As of 16 November 1995 SIRIM was corporatised as a

government-owned company under the Minister of

Finance Incorporated and was fully operationalised on 1

September 1996, later known as SIRIM Berhad.

BACKGROUND

SIRIM BERHAD, MALAYSIA

A government-owned company under the Minister of Finance Incorporated.

Functions:

● To promote and undertake scientific industrial research

● To boost industrial efficiency and development

● To provide technology transfer and consultancy services

● To develop Malaysian standards and to promote standardization

and quality assurance for greater competitiveness

●To enhance public and industrial welfare, health and safety

NATIONAL METROLOGY LABORATORY (NML)

SIRIM BERHAD

MALAYSIA

NATIONAL METROLOGY LABORATORY, MALAYSIA

SENIOR GENERAL MANAGER

• Administration

• Finance

• Planning & Budgeting

• Human Resources Management/Development

• International Relation/Cooperation

• Legal Metrology

• Administration

• Finance

• Planning & Budgeting

• Human Resources Management/Development

• International Relation/Cooperation

• Legal Metrology

SENIOR GENERAL MANAGER’S

OFFICE

• Quality Management

• Technical Coordination

• Customer Service Affair

• Promotion & Publication

• OSHE

• Asset

TECHNICAL COORDINATION

& QUALITY SECTION

ELECTRICAL SECTION

• DC Voltage, Resistance &

Current

• AC Voltage & Current

• AC-DC Transfer

• Power & Energy

• Capacitance, Inductance &

AC Resistance

• Magnetics

• Voltage & Current

Transformers

• Time & Frequency

• RF & Microwave

• Acoustics & Vibration

• Radiometry & Photometry

• Mass

• Density - Solid

• Wavelength Standards

• Dimension & Angle

Standards

• Surface Texture & Form

• Engineering & Coordinate

Measurements

• Pressure & Vacuum

• Force & Torque

• Hardness

MECHANICAL SECTION

• Resistance Thermometry

• Radiation Thermometry

• Thermocouple Thermometry

• Humidity

• Density - Liquid

• Viscosity

THERMOPHYSICAL

SECTION

• Low Pressure Gas

• Medium & High

• Pressure Gas

• Static Liquid

• Dynamic Liquid

FLOW

SECTION

• Gas Standard Mixtures

• Metal and Non-Metal

Analysis

• Electro-Chemistry

• Surface Analysis

• Characterization of

Pure Organic Substance

CHEMISTRY SECTION

2 3 4 5 6

1

46

* Diploma and Degree : Physics, Electrical Engineering,

Mechanical Engineering and Chemistry.

GROUP EXISTING STAFFS

METROLOGIST (Degree, Master Level)

ASSISTANT METROLOGIST

(Diploma Level)

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/TECHNICIAN

(Certificate Level / Diploma)

TOTAL

59

15

28

102

Manpower 2014



• Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs. (Appointed as Custodian of Weight and Measures)

• Department of Environment of Malaysia (Appointed as Competence Laboratory For Calibration of Smoke Emission Meter, Gas Analyzer,

Sound level meter).

• Road Transport Department (Appointed as Competence Laboratory by Tint meter, Smoke emission meter).

• Royal Police Malaysia (Appointed as Competence Laboratory For Calibration Of Breath analyzer, Speed Trap Meter,

Tint meter).

• Government of Malaysia. (Appointed as the keeper of Malaysian Standard Time).

• Custom Department of Malaysia (Appointed as Competence Laboratory and Pattern Approval)

National Involvement


0. 10 mg

0.024 MHZ (633 nm laser) 0.3 MHz (543 nm laser)

10 -12

0.1 ppm

0.1 ppm

1.1 mK , 0.5 mK , 0.2 mK ,

0.2 mK , 0.6 mK , 1.0 mK ,

1.1 mK , 1.3 mK , 4.0 mK ,

7.0 mK ,

0.9 %

-

Parameter Unit Standard Uncertainty

MASS

LENGTH

TIME

ELECTRIC VOLTAGE

DC RESISTANCE

THERMODYNAMIC

TEMPERATURE

LUMINOUS

INTENSITY

AMOUNT OF

SUBSTANCE

Kilogram

(kg)

meter (m)

second

volt (V)

ohm ( W )

Kelvin (K )

candela

( cd )

mole (mol)

Set of stainless steel 1 kg masses

Iodine-stabilized Helium-Neon 633 nm and 543

nm lasers.

Ensemble of five cesium time and frequency

standards

Josephson Junction 1 volt and 10 volt array

and Zener voltage reference standard.

Quantum Hall Effect Resistance Standards

System.

Triple points of : Ag, Hg, H 2 O, Ga , Ira, Sn , Zn,

A1, Ag. (-189.3442 º C - 961.78 º C)

Standard luminous intensity candela (cd)

-

NATIONAL PHYSICAL STANDARDS MAINTAIN IN THE LABORATORY

Standard Ethanol Solution

CO & Propane in nitrogan

0.2 %

0.6 %


• High-end Calibration Of Measurement Standards And

Measuring Instruments.

• Calibration And Verification Of Mandatory Equipment

As Required By Law.

• Type / Custody Transfer Approval.

• Provision Of Metrological Training To Industries.

• Provision Of Consultation Services On Measurement

Technologies.

Service Provided :

MASS

LENGTH

TIME

TEMPERATURE


INTRODUCTION OF TIME & FREQUENCY LABORATORY

Laboratory members:

Dr Mohd Nasir Zainal Abidin (Senior Principal Metrologist)

Ahmad Sahar Omar (Senior Metrologist)

Mohd Rafiq Bin Abdul Kamal (Metrologist) 2 years experience in time and frequency

Calibrate and prepare report of the calibration

Daily monitoring the operational of Malaysia National

Frequency Standard and Malaysian Standard Time

Daily transferring the CCTF data to the BIPM server


Calibration Services:

Frequency measurement (range : 0.2 MHz to 225 MHz)

Examples; Multifunction counter and Rubidium Frequency Standard.

Time Interval measurement (range : 5 ns to 105 s)

Example; stopwatch.

Pulse Width measurement (range : 5 ns to 105 s)

Speed measurement (number of pulses per hour)

On-site measurement


New calibration services to be offered in 2015 and 2016

Calibration of vehicle speed measurement instrument

Calibration of GPS based speedometer

Calibration of tachometer

Payable NTP services for registered client

TRACEABILITY

Cs1659UTC(NMLS)

Agilent 5071A 5/10 MHz

Ref 5 MHz

Frequency DistributionAmplifier

HP 5087A 1/5/10 MHz

Universal CounterHP 53131A

Ref 10 MHz

Ref 1 PPS

Ext Ref

Ch. 1

Javad/Topcon Euro-80(GPS Rx)

GPS 1 PPS

Linux PC(GPS & Counter Data Logger)

GPSAntenna

Ch. 2

GGTS Common View Datafor BIPM

Figure 1: Traceability of the NFS and UTC(NMLS) to UTC and TAI

STEERING OF THE NATIONAL

FREQUENCY STANDARD

Steering of the NFS or the epoch UTC(NMLS) is

done by Caesium Reference Clock 5071A steering

function to maintain the timing accuracy of the 1 pps

signal to be within 1 s of the UTC and removal of

the daily frequency offset, as determined from the

Circular-T data.

CALIBRATION HIERARCHY

Annual Achievement of Calibration Services for year 2013

Description Quantity

Stopwatch (Legal) 105

Stopwatch 4

Multifunction Counter 1

Rubidium Frequency Standard 6

GPS Frequency Standard 2

Total 118

ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT OF CALIBRATION SERVICES

CALIBRATION AND MEASUREMENT CAPABILITIES

ACCREDITATION

TIME DISSEMINATION

NTP

New NTP : Two unit Gorgy Timing LEDI Network ITS.V2 • Upgrading and testing the firmware for the following features :

• Add-on features of email alert and NTP watcher for monitoring

closely the synchronization status of the registered NTP clients.

• Shows the MAC address, IP address, time and number of requests of

registered NTP clients requesting synchronization

• Alarm alert can be activated for each of registered NTP client for

detecting no clients’ time synchronization request.

Existing NTP : One unit Symmetricom S100

TIME DISSEMINATION

WEB

Remote time/frequency calibration

- customer did not have to bring their

equipments to NML

Auto FTP the CCTF data to the BIPM

server

NTP services monitoring

FUTURE PLAN

Training in remote calibration

Training in clocks monitoring and

development of clock algorithms

Training in future technology of time

and frequency

TRAINING PLAN

Thank You



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