La normalización nació para estandarizar productos y las diferentes pruebas que pueden aplicarse a un producto para garantizar ciertas características especificadas por el fabricante.

Las normas que se aplican en el campo de la metrología por coordenadas son:

Documentos normativos referentes a MMC

JIS B 7440 1987 Test Code for accuracy of coordinate measuring machines.

ANSI/ASME B89. 1.12M-1990 Methods for performance evaluation of coordinate measuring machines. American National Standard Institute/The American Society of Mechanical Engineers.


ISO/CD 10360 Coordinate Metrology; part 1: Definition and fundament I. Geometrical principles, Part 2: Methods for the assessment of the performance and verification of co-ordinate measuring machines, part 3. CMM with the axis of a rotary table as fourth axis, part 4. CMM used in scanning measurement mode, part 5. CMM using multiple stylus probing systems.

VDI/VDE 2617 genauigkeit von Koordinatenmessgeraten, Kenngrössen and deren Prufung, 1986-1991, VDI-Verlag, Dusseldorf.

B 0419 The performance verification of coordinate measuring machines to BS 6808: General Guidance for acreditation, NAMAS June 1999. Additional guidance is geven is BS 6808 part 3 and in various sections of VDI 2617.

VDI /VDE 2617, Ausschuss 7.6:Vorschlag fur einen Richtlinintil zur Definition und Bestimmung of Messaufgabenspezifischer Unsicherheiten, 1992.

Coordinate Measuring Machine Calibration, EAL-G17 Document WGD 8,01/01/95.

ISO 9000-ISO 9004 Quality Systems.

ISO-GPS 15530 Geometrical Product Specification (GPS). Techniques for determining the uncertainty of measurement -
Part 1. Overview and general issues, part 2. Uncertainty assessment using expert judgement, part 3. Uncertainty assessment using calibrated workpieces, part 4. Uncertainty assessment using statistical estimation, part 6. Uncertainty assessment using un-calibrated workpieces.


ASME B 89.4.22-2004 Method for performance evaluation of articulated arm coordinate measuring machines.

VDI/VDE 2634-1 Optical 3D measuring systems - Imaging systems with point-by-point probing
VDI/VDE 2634-2 Optical 3D measuring systems - Optical systems based on area scanning
VDI/VDE 2634-3 Optical 3D measuring systems - Multiple view systems based on area scanning

Documentos normativos referentes a Incertidumbre de medición.

NMX-CH-140-IMNC 2002 "Guía para la expresión de la Incertidumbre en las mediciones”, equivalente a “Guide to the Expression or Uncertainty in Measurement, BIPM, lEC, IFCC, ISO, IUPAC, lUPAP, OIML (1995)".

ISO 14253-1:1998 Geometrical product specifications (GPS) - Inspection by measurement of workpieces and measuring equipment - Part 1: Decision rules for proving conformance or non-conformance with specification.

ISO/TS 14253-2:1999 Geometrical product specifications (GPS) - Inspection by measurement of workpieces and measuring equipment - Part 2: Guide to the estimation of uncertainty in GPS measurement, in calibration of measuring equipment and in product verification.

ISO/TS 14253-3:2002 Geometrical product specifications (GPS) - Inspection by measurement of workpieces and measuring equipment - Part 3: Guidelines for achieving agreements on measurement uncertainty statements.

VDI/VDE 2627 Messräume – Klassifisierung und Kenngrössen Planung und Ausführung - Measuring rooms – clasification & characteristics

ISO 23165 Geometrical Product specifications (GPS) -Guide to the evaluation of CMM test uncertainty.


Existen otras normas que son aplicadas a pruebas y productos en el campo de la Metrología Dimensional, como son las que aparecen en la siguiente tabla (La tabla puede contener normas que no son la versión más actualizada).