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Offeringhigh-levelservicesgloballybasedonmeasurementcapabilitiesofthesamelevelasnationalstandardsTraceabilitysystemMitutoyoensuresandmaintainstraceabilityofvarioustypesofprecisionmeasuringmachinesbyholdinglengthstandards(theopticalfrequencycomb*1),etc.,directlytraceabletothenationalstandardsforuseincalibratingtheworkingstandardsusedforthecalibrationofmeasuringinstrumentproductssuppliedtoindustry.Regardingthecalibrationserviceusingtheopticalfrequencycombasthestandard,thisprovidesperformanceequivalenttothatofJapan’sNationalLengthStandardandforwhichwehaveobtainedaccreditationbytheJapanCalibrationServiceSystem(JCSS)*2.MitutoyocalibrationcentershavegainedJCSSaccreditationfromIAJapan*3,theaccreditationorganizationinternationallyrecognizedbytheMRA*4ofILAC*5,andthemeasuringtechnologycapabilitiesofthesecentersarethereforerecognizedasequivalenttothoseofoverseascalibrationorganizations.Inaddition,ourcalibrationcentersalsoareavailableasanexternallaboratoryspeciedbyvariousqualitymanagementsystems(IATF16949standard,etc.)whencustomersareoutsourcingtheircalibrationservice.SinceMitutoyohasachievedthehighestleveloftraceabilityforourmeasurementinstrumentsbothinJapanandoverseas,customerscanuseourproductswithabsolutecondence.*1Externalviewoftheopticalfrequencycomb.*2JCSS(JapanCalibrationServiceSystem):AsystemforreviewingtheconformityofacalibrationservicetotheinternationalstandardISO/IEC17025onthebasisoftheMeasurementLawandregisteringaccreditedcalibrationlaboratories.*3IAJapan(InternationalAccreditationJapaninNITEAccreditationCenter):NominaldesignationofaccreditationorganizationssuchasJCSSsituatedintheNationalInstituteofTechnologyandEvaluation(NITE).*4MRA(MutualRecognitionAgreement):Anagreementmadebymutuallyevaluatingandconfirmingthataccreditationbodiesindifferenteconomiczonesareaccreditingcalibrationlaboratorieswithequivalentcapabilitiesbasedonthesamestandards.*5ILAC(InternationalLaboratoryAccreditationCooperation):Aconferencebodywiththeaimofdevelopinginternationalcooperationbypromotingthemutualacceptanceofaccreditedtestandcalibrationresults.ConceptualdiagramofopticalfrequencycombDefinitionoflengthThelengthoftheprocessinwhichlighttravelsinavacuumat1/299,792,458timespersecondAtomicclockAccuratetimeOpticalfrequencycombExtremelyaccurateandstabloutputoflightofanywavelengthWavelengthcalibrationIodinestabilizedlaserThereisavideoexplaining"Traceability"inthe"VideoLibrary"onourhomepage.Refertohttps://bcove.video/3juM1jq11