Understanding the different hardness testing types and systems can be useful to determine an optimal solution. Hardness testing functionality has evolved, and now users can dial into world-class-caliber instrumentation that more closely aligns with their applications at hand.

The company significantly expanded its line of benchtop hardness testers, adding seven Rockwell systems, eight Vickers systems and one Brinell systems.

The Jominy end-quench test is used to measure the hardenability of a steel, which is a measure of the capacity of the steel to harden in depth under a given set of conditions. This article considers the basic concepts of hardenability and the Jominy test.

The UH4000 Series universal hardness tester comes in two key configurations: UH4250 (hardness scale 0.5-250 kgf) and UH4750 (hardness scale 3-750 kgf).

The world of materials-testing machines, specifically hardness-testing machines, would seem to be very targeted and well defined. Narrowing down what best suits your organization’s material, QC, budget and future needs will help when purchasing a hardness-testing machine.

AMH55 allows users to maximize their productivity and easily measure impressions on various surface conditions with accurate micro-/macro-indentation hardness testing available in fully automatic, semi-automatic and lite configurations.

The efficiency and range of the Rockwell process, and its ongoing refinement since the ‘20s and into the digital age, has made it the most widely preferred and used method for hardness testing.