Laboratoire national de mtrologie et dessais 22 mai

Laboratoire national de métrologie et d’essais 22 mai 2006 Présentation du LNE aux nouveaux embauchés 1

Who are we? Test laboratory And technical expert Training organization n LNE founded in 1901 n Public corporation with industrial and commercial status National metrology laboratory n More than 8, 000 clients Certification body 22 -11 -2006 Research organization EUROMET Workshop 732 2

Technical and human resources 55, 000 sq m 730 highly of laboratory space qualified staff € 25 million 9 invested in 5 years 22 -11 -2006 sites EUROMET Workshop 732 3

A same approach stated in 5 key spheres Research Calibration and consultancy in metrology Certification Testing and analysis Training 22 -11 -2006 EUROMET Workshop 732 4

Our sites in France and abroad Hong Kong Shanghaï Trappes Paris Washington Poitiers St Etienne Toulouse 22 -11 -2006 Nîmes EUROMET Workshop 732 5

Recent key developments 1999 The French Ministry of Industry transfers its legal metrology activity to LNE 2000 LNE opens its Trappes III site, one of the finest multidisciplinary integrated test centres in Europe 2001 The French Bureau National de Métrologie transferts scientific electrical metrology to LNE 2003 G-MED consolidates its operations at LNE with the transfert of LCIE’s certification activity covering electromedical devices LNE acquires the activities of LCIE’s calibration centre for electrical metrology 2005 Transfer from BNM to LNE of the coordination of the national metrological programs 22 -11 -2006 EUROMET Workshop 732 6

French metrology in the world context CIPM/BIPM MRA NIST LNE CA LNE CMSI LNE INM LNE SYRTE LNHB 22 -11 -2006 NPL PTB comité de la métrologie CS CS CS EUROMET Workshop 732 7

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National Metrology Laboratories LNE : CMSI (Centre de métrologie scientifique et industrielle) / Laboratoire national de métrologie et d’essais LNE-INM : Institut National de Métrologie / Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers LNE-LNHB : Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel / Commissariat à l’énergie atomique LNE-SYRTE: Systèmes de Références Temps-Espace / Observatoire de Paris 22 -11 -2006 EUROMET Workshop 732 9

Associate Laboratories LNE-LADG : Laboratoire Associé de Débitmétrie Gazeuse LNE-CETIAT : Centre Technique des Industries Aérauliques et Thermiques LNE-ENSAM : Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers de Paris LNE-IRSN : Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire LNE-OB : Observatoire de Besançon LNE-LPMO : Laboratoire de Physique et Métrologie des Oscillateurs LNE-TRAPIL : Transports pétroliers par pipeline 22 -11 -2006 EUROMET Workshop 732 10

LNE-SYRTE LNE-OB LNE-FEMTO LNE-INM LNE/CMSI Photometry Radiometry Time and Frequency LNE-LNHB LNE-IRSN Ionising Radiation 22 -11 -2006 Length EUROMET Workshop 732 LNE-INM LNE/CMSI 11

LNE-INM LNE/CMSI LNE-CETIAT Temperature and related quantities LNE-INM LNE-LADG LNECETIAT LNE-ENSAM LNE-TRAPIL LNE/CMSI Electricity Magnetism 22 -11 -2006 Mass and related quantities Amount of Substance Chemistry EUROMET Workshop 732 12