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  2. National Conference on Weights and Measures - Wikipedia

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    The National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP) is a means of ensuring manufacturers of commercial weighing and measuring instruments are capable of meeting national standards before the instruments are introduced into the marketplace. NTEP provides manufacturers with one evaluation and certification that is accepted throughout the United States.

  3. Truck scale - Wikipedia

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    Commercial scales have to be National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP) approved or certified. The certification is issued by the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM), in accordance to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), "Handbook 44" specifications and tolerances, [1] through Conformity Assessment and the Verified Conformity Assessment Program (VCAP) [2]

  4. Weighing scale - Wikipedia

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    The balance (also balance scale, beam balance and laboratory balance) was the first mass measuring instrument invented. [1] In its traditional form, it consists of a pivoted horizontal lever with arms of equal length – the beam or tron – and a weighing pan [10] suspended from each arm (hence the plural name "scales " for a

  5. Dimensioners - Wikipedia

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    Where dimensioners are used for billing or trade-related activity, as is the case in parcel and less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation operations, dimensioners must carry legal-for-trade certification in the country of operation. Trade certifications by country: National Conference on Weights and Measures (NTEP) – United States

  6. On-board scale - Wikipedia

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    On-board scales sometimes appear in non-commercial applications. In one such, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration used an on-board scale in 2009 on a technology demonstration vehicle. [6] The scale was one among several systems intended to provide information for researchers developing tools to determine the safety fitness of a ...

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    Archaeologists discovered a wooden Celtic burial chamber inside a southern Germany burial mound. Dated to between 620 and 450 B.C., these mounds were reserved for high-ranking individuals.

  8. National Institute of Standards and Technology - Wikipedia

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    The Articles of Confederation, ratified by the colonies in 1781, provided: . The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective states—fixing the standards of weights and measures throughout the United States.

  9. Attn: Lindsay Lohan Just Confirmed That Pink Slip Is ... - AOL

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    Lindsay Lohan confirmed that there will be new music from the fictional band Pink Slip in the ‘Freaky Friday’ sequel, ‘Freakier Friday’—details here.