Coomet: TC 1.5 Length and Angle

Chair of TC 1.5 "Length and Angle"

Konstantin CHEKIRDA

All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Metrology (VNIIM, Russia)

Address: 19 Moskovsky pr., 198005, SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

Phone: +7 812 323 96 86

Email: k.v.chekirda(at)vniim.ru

Deputy Chair

Vladimir MAKAREVICH

Belarusian State Institute of Metrology (BelGIM, Belarus)

Address: 93, Starovilensky trakt, 220053, MINSK, BELARUS

Phone: +375 17 363 23 38

Email: makarevich(at)belgim.by

Executive Secretary

Elena LOGVINYUK

All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Metrology (VNIIM, Russia)

Address: 19 Moskovsky pr., 198005, SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

Email: tc1.5(at)vniim.ru

Main tasks

The main tasks of TC 1.5 are to organize and coordinate the activities and cooperation among national metrology institutes/designated institutes (hereinafter referred to as NMIs/DIs) and other state metrological institutions (hereinafter referred to as SMIs) of COOMET member countries in the field of metrology of linear and angular measurements, as well as:

to encourage cooperation among scientists and specialists of NMIs/DIs, SMIs, and other national organizations of COOMET member countries active in the field of metrology of linear and angular measurements;
to put forward proposals and develop concepts, work programs and tasks of cooperation, to identify problems of cooperation in the field of responsibility of TC 1.5, i.e. in the field of metrology of linear and angular measurements;
to organize and conduct joint research and development;
to implement COOMET projects;
to develop programs and organize comparisons of national measurement standards in the field of linear and angular measurements among NMIs of COOMET member countries, and other comparisons in the field of metrology of linear and angular measurements, including those carried out within COOMET programs;
to organize inter-regional review and submission of data on calibration and measurement capabilities of NMIs of COOMET member countries for inclusion in the BIPM database (KCDB);
to organize inter-regional review of the declared calibration and measurement capabilities of NMIs of other regional metrological organizations in the database of the BIPM (KCDB) by technical experts of TC 1.5;
to establish cooperation with the relevant working bodies of international and regional metrology organizations to resolve cooperation issues and to provide their participation in the realization of international treaties and agreements, especially the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (CIPM MRA), along with other agreements;
to study international normative documents issued by international organizations in the field of legal metrology and standardization in order to unify the use of terms and definitions in the field of metrology of linear and angular measurements;
to organize and conduct regular meetings of TC 1.5, extraordinary meetings and/or seminars on topical issues within the framework of TC 1.5 activities;
to ensure interaction with other COOMET structural bodies;
to summarize the results of TC 1.5 and Working Groups activities and to prepare the corresponding annual report on TC 1.5 activities in general in accordance with the COOMET Rules of Procedure;
to submit the annual report on TC 1.5 activities to the COOMET Secretariat;
to timely inform the Technical Committee members about future meetings and to submit the information about the planned and conducted work of TC 1.5 to the COOMET Secretariat;

to present the results of cooperation in the areas of activities of TC 1.5 on the COOMET web resources.

Regulations on TC 1.5 (document COOMET D5.4/2022)