The Kibble Balance Laboratory was established to establish the "National Kilogram Prototype", to integrate it into the international metrology system through international comparisons and to ensure mass measurement unity by providing primary level mass calibration services.

As of May 20, 2019, a new definition of the kilogram, one of the basic units of the International System of Units (SI), is expected to be in effect. With the redefinition of the unit, the current dependence on the physical object in the definition and realization of the kilogram will be removed and the kilogram will be associated with Planck's constant (h), the fundamental constant of quantum physics. With this new definition, which guarantees the long-term stability of the mass scale, the kilogram will be realized independently of time, location and person.

Today, there are two independent primary methods, officially accepted by the Consultative Committee on Mass and Related Measures (CCM), that have been developed to achieve the new definition of the kilogram unit with the highest accuracy and lowest uncertainties:

• Kibble (Watt) Balance Experiment
• X-Ray Crystal Density (XRCD) Experiment

Kibble balancing experimental setups based on the principle of balancing mechanical and electrical power can be designed with different geometries and experimental protocols. Kibble Balancing Laboratory contributes to the studies carried out worldwide with the Oscillating Magnet Kibble Balancing Experimental setup established within the scope of the Kibble Balancing project launched in the second half of 2014. With the oscillating magnet experimental setup, a completely new measurement concept was created by following an alternative path to the leading institutes in the field of scientific metrology and the Turkish brand of Kibble balancing experiments was developed.

At the end of the successfully completed first phase of the project 3 x 10^-7 measurements were made with relative uncertainty. Although the studies were started recently, the uncertainty levels of institutes that have been working in this field for relatively longer years were reached in a short time.

In the second phase, where the "National Kilogram Prototype" will be created, 2 x 10^-8 relative uncertainty level is aimed to be reached. If this target is achieved, the country will no longer be dependent on external sources for mass traceability, and TÜBİTAK UME will be in a position to provide international mass calibration services to institutes that do not have a primary method and even provide technology transfer to developing institutes.