Fluke 5500A Multi-Function Calibrator

Fluke 5500A High Performance Multi Function Calibrator

Rapid changes in technology are dramatically increasing the number of electronic test tools used to keep today’s industrial and office environments running. As a result, more types of instruments are coming into the hands of more users. These instruments feature ever-increasing levels of performance and a growing list of functions and capabilities, all of which need to be verified.

International quality standards, such as ISO 9000, as well as safety, nuclear, environmental, and other regulations, require these instruments to be calibrated traceable to nationally recognized standards.

For your business, this can create a major challenge: how to cover this wide calibration workload, accurately, economically, and efficiently.

11 calibrators in one

Fluke pioneered the multi-product calibrator concept, creating a tool that allows you to calibrate the widest range of today’s electronic test tools with a single instrument. Today, Fluke’s family of multiproduct calibrators offers simple, portable, cost-effective solutions that allow you to match your calibrator to your workload and your budget.

Fluke’s 5500A, the world’s first multi-product calibrator, gained a solid reputation as a real workhorse as soon as it was introduced. It’s known worldwide for its ability to calibrate a wide range of electrical test instruments at an affordable price.

The 5520A builds on the 5500A’s capabilities, extending its workload coverage even further. Its improved accuracy, expanded ranges, and added features, including current to 20A and pressure measurement, as well as its capability to calibrate 51 ⁄2 and 61 ⁄2 digit multimeters, means the 5520A can cover virtually all your high-performance workload.

Both models offer options to fully calibrate oscilloscopes to 300 MHz or 600 MHz. The 5520A also offers an option to fully calibrate oscilloscopes to 1.1 GHz. Both the 5500A and the 5520A are built to Fluke’s high standards for rugged durability so you can use them easily on or off the bench. And they feature extensive self-diagnostics to help isolate problems to the module level. They receive full support through the Fluke Module Exchange program, so you can identify problems that may arise and solve them fast.

The complete solution

To compete in the world market, you need to be able to accurately and cost effectively measure up to world standards. Only Fluke offers so many solutions to match your workload and budget. Complete solutions that include a broad line of multi-product and multi-function calibrators. A comprehensive line of calibration standards. Calibration and asset management software. Training and technical support. And, of course, worldwide calibration and repair services. As the world leader in electrical calibration, Fluke covers all the bases, accurately, reliably, and cost effectively.

The Fluke family of multi-product calibrators is designed to help you calibrate the widest range of electronic test tools with a single instrument, affordably and efficiently. Without sacrificing performance or accuracy.

These innovative calibrators cover virtually all the test tools you use to keep your operation running, including:

• Handheld and bench meters (analog and digital) up to 61 ⁄2 digits
• Complete calibration of analog or digital handheld and bench oscilloscopes to 300 MHz, 600 MHz, or 1.1 GHz (with options).
• Thermocouple and RTD thermometers.
• Process calibrators
• Data loggers
• Strip and chart recorders
• Watt meters
• Power harmonics analyzers
• Current clamps and clamp meters
• Panel meters
• Graphical multimeters
• Power quality instruments (with 5520A-PQ option)
• And more, including pressure gauges and transducers and three-phase power meters (with the 5520A)

Don’t buy several standards to calibrate a variety of instruments. Fluke multi-product calibrators can meet your needs with one compact, affordable tool.

The new 5520A: Expanding your high performance workload

If you need increased performance, the Fluke 5520A Multi-Product Calibrator expands your workload coverage even further with improved accuracy in nearly all areas and with several additional features and functions, including:

• Lower output uncertainties to meet the requirements of 51 ⁄2 and 61 ⁄2 digit multimeters
• Phase lock to simplify simulation of three-phase power. You may also sum the current from multiple 5520As to perform high current tests, such as direct calibration of current clamps or verification of current transformers.
• Current output expanded to 20A. Verify current clamps to 1000A using the 5500A/COIL 50-Turn Coil accessory
• Pressure measurement using any of the 27 Fluke 700 Series Pressure Modules, which cover ranges from 0-10”(0-2.5 kPa) H2O to 0-10,000 PSI (0-70,000 kPa) to calibrate pressure gauges, transducers and other indicators
• Temperature measurement, making it easy to record environmental conditions present at the time of calibration, as required by all quality standards
• Improved phase and frequency accuracy and the capability to reference the 5520A to an external 10 MHz frequency standard to support calibrating frequency counters
• Wider capacitance calibration andresistance ranges
• Increased compliance voltage in current output modes
• Expanded ac Volt Hertz capacity to 330V at 100 kHz.

Only the 5500A and the 5520A offer several options to provide truly complete calibration solutions, including:

• Calibration of oscilloscopes to 300 MHz, 600 MHz, or 1.1 GHz faster, easier and more cost effectively than ever before. Verify dynamic response, bandwidth, timing, multiple triggering functions, input resistance and capacitance and more
• Calibration and documentation software tools to help you automate calibration, plus collect and report the results as required by today’s quality standards, such as ISO 9000
• A complete range of accessories that enable you to connect to virtually any instrument, measure relative humidity, temperature, and pressure, as well as calibrate high current clamps and clamp meters, and to store and transport your calibrator
• Calibration of power quality instrumentation to the standards of the IEC and other regulatory agencies. Three precision waveform modes include composite harmonic waveform generation; flicker simulation; and sags and swells simulation, providing traceability for power meters, disturbance analyzers, power quality monitors, recorders and other power quality related equipment

In addition, both the 5500A and 5520A offer the excellent stability, linearity and low noise performance you expect from Fluke. And each unit is shipped with test data and a certificate of traceability to nationallyrecognized standards so you can put it to work right away.

While Fluke 5500A and 5520A Multi-Product calibrators help you do more work, they make it easier for you to get your work done. Their intuitive design makes operating them as natural as turning on a light switch, reducing references to the manual. For most tasks, your hand moves from the left to right keeping you from having to make long, illogical or uncomfortable movements. Most functions require minimal keystrokes. Plus it’s easy on your budget because no additional fixtures are needed and you can use it with conventional test leads.

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