METROLOGICAL VERIFICATION LABORATORY FOR POWER METERS

This is an activity that has been part of Adrem Invest’s portfolio since 2009. The main strategic clients of our Metrological Verification Laboratory (LVM) are CEZ Distributie (since 2009) and E.ON Moldova Distributie (since 2013).

Our staff is driven by two aspects: meeting the requirements of all clients and delivering verifications in keeping with quality standards and national and international standards in the field.

Adrem Invest’s metrological verification laboratory is seated in Pitesti and is authorized by the Romanian Office of Legal Metrology to conduct initial and periodical verifications of power meters.

In the laboratory, Adrem Invest only uses personnel authorized by the Romanian Office for Legal Metrology. All employees are authorized Metrologist Verifiers. This guarantees quality, compliance with the legal metrology procedure and with the compulsory requirements for authorized laboratories.

Below is a list of the activities conducted in the Laboratory:

METROLOGICAL VERIFICATIONS

Metrological verifications determine the conformity of the meter with the approved model and/ or the applicable requirements in the legal metrology regulations that were used during initial verification or during commissioning.

Adrem Invest’s laboratory carried out metrological verifications for active energy meters, precision classes: 0.5; 1; 2; A; B, C, and reactive energy, precision classes 1, 2 and 3.

ACCEPTANCE, REGISTRATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF METERS TO THE OPERATIONAL CENTERS

The acceptance and registration of new meters, received from the provider, is carried out through an IT system designed for this activity. At the same time, special equipment is used to scan the barcode on each meter.

The laboratory is equipped with the following means of transport and manipulation for the meters:

  • Tarpaulin covered truck – 3.5 t
  • Canopy truck – 1.8 t
  • Hydraulic platform (loading/ unloading trucks)
  • Loading/ unloading ramp for meter containers
  • Forklifts (2 units)
  • Hydraulic forklift (2 units)

In order to bring improvements to its work and to the quality of its services, Adrem Invest implemented a quality system within the Laboratory, in compliance with Standard SR EN ISO 17025:2005.