https://doi.org/10.1140/epjti/s40485-022-00080-3
Research Article
Design of an enhanced mechanism for a new Kibble balance directly traceable to the quantum SI
1
Fundamental Electrical Measurement Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
2
Precision Engineering Group, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany
a
lorenz.keck@nist.gov
f
darine.haddad@nist.gov
Received:
17
December
2021
Accepted:
22
May
2022
Published online:
11
July
2022
The “Quantum Electro-Mechanical Metrology Suite” (QEMMS) is being designed and built at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. It includes a Kibble balance, a graphene quantum Hall resistance array and a Josephson voltage system, so that it is a new primary standard for the unit of mass, the kilogram, directly traceable to the International System of Units (SI) based on quantum constants. We are targeting a measurement range of 10 g to 200 g and optimize the design for a relative combined uncertainty of 
for masses of 100 g. QEMMS will be developed as an open hardware and software design. In this article, we focus on the design of an enhanced moving and weighing mechanism for the QEMMS based on flexure pivots.
Key words: Kibble balance / Mechanism / Flexure / Quantum SI
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