APR Laboratory Pty Ltd

Site

Australian Photometry and Radiometry Laboratory

Accreditation No.

15508

Site No.

16453

Date of Accreditation

25 Jun 2007

Address

Factory 2, 21-29 Railway Avenue
Huntingdale, VIC 3166
Australia

aprlab.com.au

Contact

Mr Anthony (Tony) Bergen P: +61 (03) 95681879

Availability

Services available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

Australian Photometry and Radiometry Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Calibration

  • The uncertainty of measurement is reported as an expanded uncertainty having a level of confidence of 95% unless stated otherwise
Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure Limitations
Optical metrology - Optical measuring equipment Blue light radiometers; UVA meters; UVC meters; Ultraviolet radiometers Cosine correction; Irradiance; Linearity; Responsivity Comparison with a reference meter

Capability

With Calibration and measurement capability of-

Irradiance

6.5% from 10 to 500 μW/cm2 for UVA;
7.0% from 501 to 1200 μW/cm2 for UVA;
7.5% from 1201 to 2000 μW/cm2 for UVA;
8.0% from 10 μW/cm2 to 2000 μW/cm2 for UVC;


Broadband responsivity

1.5%


Response linearity

1.5% in the range 0.5 to 10 lux;
 0.5% in the range 10.1 to 3000 lux;
 1.0% in the range 3001 to 30,000 lux;
 1.5% in the range 30 001 to 150 000 lux


Cosine correction

1.0% in range 0 to 30 º;
3.0% in range 30 to 75º;

Illuminance meters; Light meters; Luxmeters; Photometers Cosine correction; Illuminance; Linearity; Responsivity Comparison with a reference meter

Capability

With Calibration and measurement capability of-

Illuminance;

0.6% from 0.1 to 5 lux;
0.5% from 5 to 300 lux;
0.8% from 300 to 3000 lux;
0.9% in the range 3000 to 150 000 lux


Broadband responsivity;

1.5%


Response linearity;

1.5% in the range 0.5 to 10 lux;
0.5% in the range 10.1 to 3000 lux;
1.0% in the range 3001 to 30,000 lux;
1.5% in the range 30 001 to 150 000 lux


Cosine correction;

1.0% in range 0 to 30 º;
3.0% in range 30 to 75º;

Luminance meters Luminance Direct comparison against a reference meter

from 1 to 12 000 cd/m2 ;

Capability

With Calibration and measurement capability of-

1.5% from 1 to 4000 cd/m2 ;
 3% from 4001 to 12 000 cd/m2 ;

Photodiodes; Photometric detectors Linearity; Responsivity Comparison with a reference meter

Response linearity

from 0.5 to 150 000 lux

Capability

With Calibration and measurement capability of-

Broadband responsivity

1.5%


Response linearity
1.5% in the range 0.5 to 10 lux;
0.5% in the range 10.1 to 3000 lux;
1.0% in the range 3001 to 30,000 lux;
1.5% in the range 30 001 to 150 000 lux;

Tricolorimeters Chromaticity; Luminance Direct measurement using a reference standard

Capability

Calibration of incident light tristimulus colorimeters;

With Calibration and measurement capability of-

1.5% from 1 to 4000 cd/m2 ;
3% from 4001 to 12,000 cd/m2 ;
0.002 in CIE (1931) x and y coordinates;

Optical metrology - Optical measuring equipmentincluding on site calibrations Spectroradiometers Responsivity; Wavelength Direct comparison against a reference spectrometer; Direct measurement using a reference standard

from 360 nm to 830 nm;

Capability

Calibration in the laboratory and on-site;

With a Calibration and Measurement Capability of-
0.25 nm in wavelength scale;
3 % in spectral response over the wavelength range from 360 nm to 380 nm;
2 % in spectral response over the wavelength range from 380 nm to 780 nm;
3 % in spectral response over the wavelength range from 780 nm to 830 nm;

Optical metrology - Optical standards and reference equipment Diffuse reflectance plates Reflectance Direct measurement using a reference meter; Indirect measurement using a spectrophotometer and software integration

Capability

With Calibration and measurement capability of-

Spectral reflectance;

2.5% of measured value or 0.0025 (whichever is greater) from 380 to 410 nm;
2.0% of measured value or 0.0025 (whichever is greater) from 410 to 700 nm;
2.5% of measured value or 0.0025 (whichever is greater) from 700 to 780 nm;

Discharge sources - Lamps; Incandescent lamps; LED sources; Solid state lighting (SSL) sources Chromaticity Direct measurement using a reference colorimeter; Direct measurement using a reference spectrophotometer

Capability

With Calibration and Measurement Capability of-

0.001 in x;
0.001 in y;

Correlated colour temperature Direct measurement using a reference meter

Capability

With Calibration and Measurement Capability of-

for incandescent sources;
20 K for temperatures near 2856 K;
10 K to 30 K in the range 1700 to 3500 K;
for other sources:
20 K at 1700 K rising to 40 K at 3000 K;
90 K at 5000 K;
and 430 K at 12 000 K

Spectral irradiance Direct measurement using a reference spectrophotometer

from 250 nm to 1000 nm;

Capability

With Calibration and measurement capability of-

5.5% of measured value from 250 to 280 nm;
4.5% of measured value from 280 to 380 nm;
3.0% of measured value from 380 to 830 nm
4.0% of measured value from 830 to 1000 nm;

Discharge sources - Lamps; LED sources; Solid state lighting (SSL) sources; UVC sources Broadband irradiance Direct measurement using a reference meter

from 50 to 2000 μW/cm2 for UVC sources

Capability

With Calibration and measurement capability of-

4.0% from 50 to 500 μW/cm2 for UVC sources;
4.5% from 501 to 1200 μW/cm2 for UVC sources;
5.5% from 1201 to 2000 μW/cm2 for UVC sources;

Filters Chromaticity; Transmittance Comparison with a reference meter

Capability

With Calibration and measurement capability of-

Broadband Transmittance;

0.5% of measured value;

Spectral Transmittance;

3.0% of measured value in the range 0.200 to 1.000 from 280 to 315 nm;
0.25% of measured value in the range 0.200 to 1.000 from 315 to 800 nm;
0.006 in the range 0 to 0.200 from 280 to 315 nm;
0.0006 in the range 0 to 0.200 from 315 to 950 nm;

Chromaticity of filters and surfaces:

0.001 in x
0.001 in y

Incandescent lamps; LED sources; Solid state lighting (SSL) sources Luminous intensity Direct measurement by goniophotometer; Direct measurement using a reference meter

Capability

With Calibration and Measurement Capability of-

Incandescent lamps;

0.7%;

LED and other Solid State Lighting sources;

1.2%;

Luminous flux Direct measurement by goniophotometer; Direct measurement by integrating sphere

Capability

With Calibration and Measurement Capability of-

Incandescent lamps;

1.5% above 10 lm;
 2.0% below 10 lm;

LED and other Solid State Lighting sources;

1.5% above 10 lm;
 2.0% below 10 lm;

Illuminance Direct measurement using a reference meter

From 0.5 to 150 000 lux;

Capability

With Calibration and measurement capability of-

0.7% in the range 0.5 to 3000 lux;
1.5% in the range greater than 3000 to 150 000 lux;

Integrating sphere sources; Luminance standard sources Luminance Direct measurement using a reference meter

from 1 to 4000 cd/m2

Capability

With Calibration and measurement capability of-

2% from 1 to 4000 cd/m2

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