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The BIPM has a high-quality precision mechanical workshop equipped appropriately in terms of machines and competent, multi-skilled mechanics to conceive, design and carry out its projects. The workshop is located in the Pavillon du Mail, which provides a modern and well-adapted environment.
Close collaboration with the scientific and technical staff allows the workshop to meet the precise needs of the BIPM laboratories and to produce the instruments asked of it. The workshop carries out high-precision mechanical work (milling, turning, rectification, electro-erosion, etc.) for all the scientific departments of the BIPM.
The workshop also produces platinum iridium prototype masses for Member States of the BIPM. Since 2002, a new fabrication procedure has been put in place, replacing diamond tooling in favour of complete polishing.
The workshop is also involved in general maintenance of the BIPM buildings, particularly in servicing the air-conditioning, essential for the scientific laboratories.
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