The main activity is disseminating the unit of force, the newton.

The scale maintained and disseminated ranges from 0.5 N to 10 MN.

The part of the scale from 0.5 N to 1 MN is realised by primary force standard machines with "direct weights" (designed at INRIM), capable of generating forces with an extended relative uncertainty of 22•10^-5 (0.002%).

For higher flow rates, up to 10 MN, the force is generated by hydraulic systems and measured by build-up reference force transducers with a relative expanded uncertainty of 5•10^-4 (0.05%).

Dissemination occurs at the highest level through the calibration of the calibration force machines of accredited laboratories and, subsequently, directly through the calibration of the force transducers used and the force measurement systems in the industrial field.