Introduction

Temperature

Temperature is a critical parameter that influences quality, safety, and operational costs across various industries. In food production and packaging, maintaining the correct temperature is essential to ensure product quality and to prevent contamination. For perishable foods and pharmaceutical ingredients, precise temperature monitoring during storage and transport is vital for ensuring safety and compliance with industry standards. In addition, temperature control is crucial in processes where chemical reactions are either initiated or must be prevented. The threshold between a controlled reaction and a runaway process can be very narrow, making accurate temperature measurement indispensable for both safety and cost-efficiency. For example, in a blast furnace, achieving the optimal temperature is necessary for producing high-quality steel; however, maintaining temperatures even slightly above the required level can lead to significant energy costs.

Geocore and temperature

Geocore delivers a comprehensive suite of traceable temperature measurement solutions tailored for the food, pharmaceutical, and process industries. Our services are trusted by accredited calibration laboratories and a wide range of other stakeholders, ensuring precision and compliance every step of the way.

Consultancy

We offer expert guidance to both manufacturers and end users, addressing their specific challenges to enhance measurement and inspection techniques. Our support helps optimize process and product quality at every stage.

Custom services

Custom temperature metrology

Geocore consistently conducts temperature measurements for clients with specialized applications. Leveraging our expertise in measurement techniques and data interpretation, we offer support in areas such as:

• Developing and refining temperature measurement methods.
• Validating temperature and moisture measurement systems (including distributed temperature systems).
• Preparing and streamlining uncertainty budgets.
• Guiding the setup and accreditation of quality systems.

Calibration

Temperature calibration services

Temperature is a key factor in enhancing product quality, cutting costs, and boosting human comfort. Along with humidity, it plays a crucial role in a variety of processes across industries—from petrochemicals and energy production to healthcare and environmental management. By ensuring precise measurements, Geocore helps mitigate any adverse effects temperature variations may have on your processes and products. We also extend our expertise in temperature measurement to sensor manufacturers and calibration laboratories.

Calibration of thermometers

At Geocore, we calibrate thermometers in accordance with ITS-90 and related standards for contact thermometry. Our fully automated process handles everything from data analysis and uncertainty calculations to certificate generation, ensuring fast turnaround times.

Contactless temperature measurement

We employ advanced optical instruments to perform non-contact temperature measurements, even under extremely high-temperature conditions.

Calibration ranges for temperature measurements

We currently offer a comprehensive suite of calibration services, including:

• Primary calibration of SPRTs using fixed points ranging from Argon (-189 °C) to Silver (961 °C)
• Primary calibration of thermocouples spanning from Zinc (419 °C) to Copper (1084 °C)
• Primary calibration of fixed-point cells from Argon (-189 °C) to Silver (961 °C)
• Calibration of digital thermometers covering -195 °C to 1550 °C
• Calibration of liquid-in-glass thermometers from -80 °C to 280 °C
• Calibration of resistance thermometers ranging from -195 °C to 850 °C
• Calibration of thermocouples from -195 °C to 1550 °C
• Calibration of dry block/calibration ovens between -50 °C and 1100 °C
• Electrical calibration of simulators/calibrators
• Calibration of ice point references