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NIST Handbook 44 - 2024

2024 NIST Handbook 44 Cover

Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices - 2024

as adopted by the 108th National Conference on Weights and Measures

 

Full Document PDF

  • Title Page PDF
  • Abstract, Foreword, Author Contributions  PDF
  • Committee Members, and Past Chairman  PDF
  • Table of Contents for Document  PDF
  • 2023 Amendments/Editorial Changes  PDF
  • Introduction  PDF

Section 1

Section 2

  • 2.20. Scales   PDF | DOCX
  • 2.21. Belt-Conveyor Scale Systems  PDF | DOCX
  • 2.22. Automatic Bulk Weighing Systems  PDF | DOCX
  • 2.23. Weights  PDF | DOCX
  • 2.24. Automatic Weighing Systems  PDF | DOCX
  • 2.25. Weigh-In-Motion Systems – Used for Vehicle Enforcement Screening – Tentative Code  PDF | DOCX

Section 3

  • 3.30. Liquid-Measuring Devices   PDF | DOCX
  • 3.31. Vehicle-Tank Meters   PDF | DOCX
  • 3.32. Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Anhydrous Ammonia Liquid-Measuring Devices  PDF | DOCX
  • 3.33. Hydrocarbon Gas Vapor-Measuring Devices  PDF | DOCX
  • 3.34. Cryogenic Liquid-Measuring Devices  PDF | DOCX
  • 3.35. Milk Meters  PDF| DOCX
  • 3.36. Water Meters  PDF | DOCX
  • 3.37. Mass Flow Meters  PDF | DOCX
  • 3.38. Carbon Dioxide Liquid-Measuring Devices   PDF | DOCX
  • 3.39. Hydrogen Gas-Measuring Devices  PDF | DOCX
  • 3.40. Electric Vehicle Fueling Systems  PDF | DOCX

Section 4

Section 5

Appendices

 

Previous Handbook Editions

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Created January 16, 2024, Updated April 22, 2025
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