Calibratable Tool Digital Calibration Date Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing calibratable tools face challenges in ensuring safe, easy, and fast calibration processes, often leading to incorrect calibration and potential damage due to manual errors and the need for physical calibration certificates.
Innovation Solution
A calibratable tool equipped with a non-volatile storage medium and display device that receives and displays the next calibration date from a calibration device, automatically calculating and updating this date based on a fixed or definable period, and providing a warning message when recalibration is due, thereby eliminating the need for manual certificates and enhancing the calibration process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual calibration certificate handling is used, then flexibility and simplicity are maintained, but errors occur and reliability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The tool automatically manages its own calibration certificate information by storing the next calibration date in its internal storage medium and displaying it through its own display device, eliminating the need for external manual certificate handling and reducing human error
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical process of printing, affixing, and manually tracking physical calibration certificates with an electronic system that stores and displays calibration date data directly in the tool's memory and display interface
2Productivity
If calibration date is stored and displayed in the tool, then time is saved and productivity increases, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes existing universal components in modern tools - non-volatile storage media and display devices - which are already integrated into many electronic tools for other functions, thereby minimizing additional complexity while enabling automated calibration date management
Solution Approach 2:
The calibration device transmits the next calibration date data to the tool's storage medium, creating a digital copy of the calibration information that can be stored and displayed without requiring physical certificate handling
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AI summary
The invention relates to a calibratable tool (2), a calibration system (70), and a method for operating a calibratable tool (2). The tool (2) comprises a non-volatile storage medium (20), a display device (30), and a receiving device (40), wherein the tool (2) is configured to be coupled to a calibration device (60) during a calibration process and, after the calibration process, to receive a next calibration date (35) or a data set required to determine the next calibration date (35) from the calibration device (60), to store the next calibration date (35) as a data set in the storage medium (20) of the tool (2), and to display it as a graphical representation on the display device (30) of the tool (2).