Pol.Lt.Gen. Pornchai Suteenakune, Director, Mr. Anusorn Tonmueanwai, Deputy Director, along with NIMT quality management team and staffs of dimensional metrology department, joined the ISO/IEC 17025 quality system assessment meeting held on 5 – 7 March 2024. As NIMT proposed the pathway A assessment, NIMT cordially invited Mr. Harald Bosse, Head of PTB Division 5 Precision Engineering and Dr. René Schödel, Head of PTB Department 5.4 Interferometry on Material Measures, technical experts from the Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany, to conduct the technical assessment. For the quality assessment, NIMT requested an expert from the Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Mr. Komsan Youngjaroon, the Director of Laboratory Group 3. The purpose of this assessment was to strengthen the quality management system and establish international recognition of Thailand’s measurement capabilities.

On 5 March 2024, NIMT hosted the 8th hybrid meeting of Designated Institutes of Thailand at Pathumthani site. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Charun Yafa, Assistant Director of NIMT. It aimed to follow up the progress of activities and assignments from the previous meeting as well as make an effort to develop Thailand’s national metrology system approaching to international recognition.

Dr. Jariya Buajarern, Metrology Expert, Head of International Relations Office and QM Manager of NIMT, was invited to join the collaborative project “Developing the Basis for a Digital Measurement Infrastructure in BMZ Partner Countries”, M4DT-IC Planning Workshop. It was held on 19-23 February 2024 in Brunswich, Germany.

On 27 February 2024, Pol.Lt.Gen. Pornchai Suteerakune, Director of NIMT, along with executives and officials welcomed delegates from the Mongolian Agency for Standard and Metrology (MASM) led by Mr. Uuganbayar Bayarsaikhan, Head of Administration Management Department. The meeting aimed to discuss the context of the potential cooperation in the field of metrology between NIMT and MASM.

Mr. Wasin Limthunyalak and Dr. Kittisun Mongkolsuttirat, metrologists from the Primary Length Standard Group, Dimensional Metrology Department, attended the CIPM Key Comparison for laser wavelength (CCL-K11) and discussed the establishment of gauge block interferometer system on 28 January – 7 February 2024 at the National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ).

Mr. Kittipong Chaemthet and Mr. Natsarin Soodsara, metrologists from Solid Mechanics and Testing Group, Mechanical Metrology Department, attended the collaborative training on 10 MN Hydraulic Amplification Force Standard Machine (10 MN HFSM) by the experts from the National Metrology Institute (NIM China) and Innovative Testing Technology Co., Ltd.

Dr. Jariya Buajarern, Head of Dimensional Metrology Department, Head of International Relations and Quality Manger of NIMT, acted as a technical expert for the Hong Kong Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (HOKLAS) in the assessment of the laboratory for Angle / Form / Length / Rotational Speed / Length and Related Measurements.

Mr. Likit Sainoo, along with Dr. Tasanee Priruenrom and Ms. Nattanan Woradet, from Fluid Mechanics Group, Mechanical Metrology Department, welcomed staff from Industrial Technology Development Institute (ITDI), Department of Science and Technology (DOST) of the Philippines to visit NIMT for technical consultation and training on the calibration of pressure measuring instruments according to DKD-R 6-1: Edition 03/2014. It was held on 18 – 22 December 2023 at Phadung Matra building, Pathumthani province.

NIMT recently organized technical training for staff of National Metrology Institute of Malaysia (NMIM). The courses focused on the development of personnel competency in measurement and calibration as follows:

– Mr. Mohd Nor bin Ghafar participated training on “Water Flow Measurement System and its Uncertainty Evaluation” lectured by Dr. Theerarak Chinarak, Senior Professional Metrologist and Dr. Patcharapol Gorgitrattanagul, Professional Metrologist, Fluid Mechanics Group.

– Mr. Khairul Aswadi bin Che Awang participated training on “Laminar Mass Flow Meter Calibration System” lectured by Mr. Sutham Masri, Professional Metrologist, Fluid Mechanics Group.

– Mr. Ali Imran bin Abdul Hapip participated training on “The Calibration of Torque Measuring Devices According to DIN 51309: 2005” lectured by Mr. Nattapon Saenkhum, Group Leader of Solid Mechanics and Testing and Ms. Nittaya Arksonnarong, Professional Metrologist, Solid Mechanics and Testing Group.

NIMT cordially invited Dr. rer. nat. Jochen Vogl, Researcher from Division 1.1 Inorganic Trace Analysis, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany, to visit NIMT to provide training on Isotope ratio measurement by ICP-SFMS. He has been an expert on Isotope ratio measurement and Quantitative analysis using IDMS, and a Vice-Chair of CCQM Working Group on Isotope Ratios (CCQM-IRWG). The training was particularly designed for the staff of Chemical Metrology and Biometry department. It was held at Matra Dhamrong building, Pathumthani province on 6 – 14 December 2023.