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RECOPE ANNUAL REPORT 2015
CERTIFICATION, FOLLOW-UP TESTS AND
MEASUREMENTS
The Office of Quality Assurance, as part of
its responsibilities to achieve the continuous
improvement and expansion of the Quality
Assurance System, requested an extension
of the scope of accreditation of its tests and
measurements under the INTE-ISO/IEC 17025:2005
standard, which certifies general compliance of the
Central American technical regulations required to
offer customers environmentally friendly products of
the highest quality.
Following the completion of the above cited tests,
the Costa Rican Accreditation Entity found 100% of
the standard testing results to be in compliance, 49
in total.
In regards to metrology, 100% of the audited test
results obtained by the internal laboratories were
found to be in compliance, and therefore remain
accredited. The technical evaluation was conducted
with the support of an expert – from the National
Metrology Center in Mexico – in the field of mass
and volume magnitudes. The evaluation required
the use of two different weight-based calibration
methods: the simple comparison method and the
double substitution method.
The external audit conducted by the Costa Rican
Accreditation Body (ECA as per its Spanish
acronym) in regard to the metrology and quality
control Quality Assurance System (SGC as per its
Spanish acronym), consisted of multiple quality
assurance and measurement accuracy critical tests.
These are listed in the table below:
Quality Assessment and Metrology
Laboratory
Standard Test Method
Moín
AS-08-04-012 Determination of freezing point
D2386
AS-08-04-052 Determination of flash point
D56
AS-09-04-006 Determination of sulfur content in petroleum products through x-ray
D2622
El Alto
AS-08-04-011 Determination of octane rating (Research Octane Number – RON) for ignition-spark-engines,
through the interpolation method
D2699
AS-08-04-050 Determination of sulfur content
D4294
La Garita
AS-08-04-050 Determination of sulfur content
D4294
AS-09-04-005 Determinación de partículas contaminantes en el combustible de aviación por línea de muestreo
(prueba Millepore)
D2276
Barranca
AS-08-04-050 Determination of sulfur content
D4294
AS-09-04-005 Determination of contaminating particles in aviation fuel samples (Millipore Procedure)
D2276
Corporate Metrology Laboratory
(Laboratorio
Metrológico Empresarial)
Moisture content
Transfer Metrology Laboratory
(Laboratorio
Metrológico de Transferencias)
Flow meter calibration against a primary standard
