Pattern approval guidelines and procedures

During the pattern approval process, we examine the design of your instrument.

These guidelines and procedures can help you with your pattern approval application.

Guidelines and procedures

• NMI P 100: Guide to carrying out a 6B/0 analysis [185KB DOC] [111KB PDF] 
• 6B/0: Calculation spreadsheet for use with NMI P 100 [248KB XLS]
• NMI P 101: Symbols for units of measurement [83 KB PDF] [123KB DOC]
• NMI P 104: Test procedure for the elimination of rounding error for weighing instruments with digital indication [43KB PDF] [120KB DOC]
• NMI P 105: Pattern approval specifications for the graduation of analogue scales [88KB PDF] [210KB DOC]
• NMI P 106 Approval and Certification Procedures for Measuring Instruments Suitable for Use for Trade and any Other Legal Purpose [630KB PDF] [672KB DOC]
• NMI P 107: Calculations for suitability of load cells fitted to belt weighers [427KB PDF] [140KB DOCX]
• NMI P 108: Procedure manual for the pattern approval of non-automatic weighing instruments [1.7MB DOC] [406KB PDF]

Read more

• Learn more about the National Measurement Institute
• Read the mandatory Pattern approval requirements

Contact us

• Email patternapproval@measurement.gov.au 
• Phone 1300 686 664