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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE SOP No.
QN/CAP/C-03
PROCEDURE FOR CALIBRATION Revision No 002
Title PROCEDURE OF ELECTRONIC
Issue Date 01.03.2016
BALANCE
Department Production Effective Date 01.04.2016
Area Capsule Department Review on or before 01.04.2018
QA & Copy Made: 2 QN/CAP/C-03
Distribution Supersedes
PRODUCTION
1. OBJECTIVE:
To provide a procedure to calibrate the Electronic Balance.

2. SCOPE
Covers the procedure for the calibration of Electronic Balance in IPQC.

3. RESPONSIBILITY
Production chemist, Production Executive, Production Manager.

4. PROCEDURE
4.1 Keep the instrument in a clean and proper place.
4.2 Ensure that the instrument is clean and free from any vibration, air thrust, dust particles and or
moisture.
4.3 Switch on the mains.
4.4 At no load position ascertain that it is indicating ‘ZERO’. Incase of deviation adjust the zero
setting device and eliminate the deviation.
4.5 Ensure that there is no rapid change in temperature of the surroundings.
4.6 Check that the electronic connections are okay and properly secured.
4.7 Check display of the weights against the standard weights & record the readings in the chart.
4.8 Limit of Accuracy should be within + 0.1% of the individual weights.
4.9 In case of any variation observed, maintenance, servicing or repairing is done by consulting with
Seniors.
4.10 Following servicing, rechecks must be carried out till the satisfactory results are obtained.
4.11 Do not add any weight, more than the capacity of the instrument.
PREPARED BY CHECKED BY APPROVED BY AUTHORISED BY

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PVT. LTD.
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE SOP No.
QN/CAP/C-03
PROCEDURE FOR CALIBRATION Revision No 002
Title PROCEDURE OF ELECTRONIC
Issue Date 01.03.2016
BALANCE
Department Production Effective Date 01.04.2016
Area Capsule Department Review on or before 01.04.2018
QA & Copy Made: 2 QN/CAP/C-03
Distribution Supersedes
PRODUCTION
5. PRECAUTION
5.1 To weigh, place the material in the center of platform & note the digital display.

6. RECORDS / SPECIMEN
6.1 Records the results in the

Calibration record

7. FREQUENCY

Daily.

8. MAINTENANCE / REPAIRS:

If the instrument does not produce required results or its response is poor then it should be
Labeled “FAULTY” and should be repaired or serviced.

9. REVISION HISTORY
9.1 Revision History Table

SOP Number Effective Date Supersedes Brief description of change

QN/CAP/C-03 01.04.2016 QN/CAP/C-03 1] Change in Format.
2] Added Precaution, History,
Frequency, Records and Revision
History table in SOP.

PREPARED BY CHECKED BY APPROVED BY AUTHORISED BY

SIGNATURE
DATE
DESIGNATION PROD. CHEMIST PROD. MANAGER QA MANAGER PLANT MANAGER