Calibrating a gas detector

Calibrating a gas detector should be as self-evident as the annual roadworthiness test for cars. Calibrating a gas detector is essential in order to take safe and accurate measurements. You want to be 100% certain that your gas detector functions as it should. You get that certainty by having gas detectors calibrated regularly.

Why calibrate a gas detector?

A gas detector measures the presence of hazardous gases. If the measurement results are not reliable, situations can arise in which the lives of employees or the continuity of business processes are at risk.

Through exposure to moisture and dust, but also through normal use, the accuracy of a sensor in a gas detector slowly decreases. This is simply a form of wear that cannot really be prevented. By calibrating the gas detector regularly, you can trust that the measured values shown are correct.

Although calibrating a gas detector is not necessarily difficult, you do need the right tools, knowledge and experience. Where that is the case, calibrating a gas detector is in most cases not much work.

Periodic calibration of a gas detector

How often a gas detector needs to be calibrated depends strongly on how it is used. Here too we see a comparison with cars: a car that drives 3,000 kilometres a year on sunny Sundays needs different maintenance from one that covers 50,000 kilometres a year in all weathers.

In general, annual calibration of a gas detector is sufficient, but we are happy to advise you on a suitable interval for your situation.

Having a gas detector calibrated

Would you rather not invest in the equipment, knowledge and experience needed to calibrate your gas detector yourself? We understand. That is why you can come to BaSystemen for fast, easy and flawless service and calibration of your gas detector. In some cases it is possible to calibrate your gas detector on site, but in all cases we keep downtime to a minimum.