Hardness tester

Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Rigid Plastics via Barcol Impresser Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Metal using Portable Hardness Testers Webster Hardness Gauge ... 

Rockwell. The invention of the Rockwed hardness tester in 1919 was an advance over previous indentation tests requiring accurate indentation measurement and tabular reduction to derive a hardness number. In the Rockwed test the hardness number is read direcdy from the instmment dial (1,3). 

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Most laboratory and shop-use Rockwell hardness testers are nonportable, lever operated, deadweight machines. Newer versions have digital readouts rather than the traditional analogue dial. Some designs of Rockwell testers employ a spring-loading system instead of deadweights. 

Portabihty, simplicity, and high speed are the main advantages of this portable hardness tester. It uses a single numerical scale encompa ssing the hardness of ah metals. 

Barcol Indenter. The Barcol hardness tester is a hand-held, spring-loaded instmment with a steel indenter developed for use on hard plastics and soft metals (ASTM D2583) (2). In use the indenter is forced into the sample surface and a hardness number is read direcdy off the integral dial indicator caUbrated on a 0 to 100 scale. Barcol hardness numbers do not relate to nor can they be converted to other hardness scales. The Barcol instmment is caUbrated at each use by indenting an aluminum ahoy standard disk suppHed with it. The Barcol test is relatively insensitive to surface condition but may be affected by test sample size and thickness. 

Ritzel, n. (Mach.) pinion, ritzen, v.t. crack slit scratch etch cut. RitzhlLrte, /. hardness to scratching, -probe, /. abrasive hardness test, scratch test, -priifer, m. abrasive hardness tester, aclerometer. -verfahren, n. = Ritzharteprobe. -zahl, /. (scratch) hardness number. 

A nano hardness tester (CSEM) with a Berkovich in-denter tip (diamond, radius 100 nm) was used. For all... 

Hardness readings shall be taken with a portable hardness tester in accordance with ASTM A 833 or... 

Figure 3 displays the results for a wet granulated product run at three speeds and three forces in production. The same speeds and similar forces were used on the Presster. Thirty tablets were produced at each speed. It can be seen that although the absolute hardness values differ by 1-2 kP in some cases (most likely due to differences in the two hardness testers used), the range of the window for the hardness values is comparable between the two machines. 

Tablet hardness was measured on 10 tablets using a Schleuniger hardness tester (Soteco).

Portable Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Metal using Portable Hardness Testers E110... 

It is often necessary to make hardness measurements on curved surfaces, e.g. rollers or O rings. In the first example the product may be large enough for the hardness instrument to rest upon it, whilst in the second it would usually be possible to rest the product on the specimen table. In either case, some form of jig is required to locate the test piece and suitable examples and precautions to be taken are described in ISO 48. Any of the standard methods could be used for curved surfaces except that it is not possible to use a foot on concave surfaces. For large cylindrical surfaces, the hardness tester is either fitted with feet movable in universal joints which rest on the curved surface or the base of the instrument is fitted with two cylindrical rods which rest on the curved surface. The latter method can be used for surfaces with radius of curvature down to 50 mm. For surfaces having double curvature, only the method using movable feet is suitable. For small products and where the radius of curvature is too small to rest the instrument on the surface, the test piece is placed on the base of the instrument as with... 

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Fig. 4.3.1. (b) Scratch Hardness Tester after Sikkens, Model 601, manufactured by Erichsen GmbH. 

Other formulae describing hardness tested by the scratch-with-edge-to-the-front method are also based on the ratio of load to contact surface of indenter with material under test, or to that surface projected to the sample plane. For the tetrahedral pyramid in the widely used Vickers hardness testers and in PMT-3... 

Khrushchev (1957) considers that the need to measure the force T has not been sufficiently well substantiated, nor has a sufficiently precise and easy in service hardness tester been developed yet for determinations of this type. However, he appreciates the usefulness of scratch hardness tests, especially at low loads, as a non-destructive technique. He recommends these methods as very useful for hardness determination of metallic layers or of materials exposed to abrasive wear under operating conditions (plastics, organic coatings, such as varnishes and paints, etc.). Scratch methods are especially important in tests of anisotropic materials where a change in scratch width is the measure of anisotropy. In static indentation methods, the indentations obtained in anisotropic materials are misformed, varying... 

Fig. 4.3.8 (b). Portable Brinell Hardness Tester (courtesy Buehler Inc.). 

A typical Brinell hardness tester, often called a Brinell hydraulic press, is shown in Fig. 4.3.8a. The indentation parameters important to hardness calculation are measured with a gauge built into the tester (h) and Le Chatelier glass plate, evolvent magnifier or microscope (d). In field practice or operations, portable control, measuring equipment is essential. The A. J. Buehler company supplies a miniaturized Televeld unit comprised of a base plate, Brinell microscope, hardness computing device, calculation and record sheets and replaceable measuring balls, 10 mm diameter (Fig. 4.3.8b). 

The Rockwell hardness tester is also designed for measurements with steel balls, 3.175, 6.35 and 12.7 mm in diameter. The diameter sizes may appear somewhat complicated but they derive from the steel balls in use, where the diameters were formerly given in inches, corresponding to and i" respectively. For constant K = 0.26 we obtain the formula for degree of hardness... 

The Rockwell hardness tester is designed for measurement of fine- and medium-grained rocks and ceramic products of moderate hardness. In engineering, excluding metallurgy, it has wide uses in the hardness testing of files and grinding wheels with ceramic binder, as well as soft materials (scale Hrd and others). 

In specifying the results of measurements taken with a Rockwell hardness tester, both standard type and Super, the measuring scale is indicated, e.g., //RA, Hrc, Hr45N, and so on. Scale N is applicable for hard materials and the remaining special scales, for soft materials (brass, lead, zinc, organic materials, gypsum and lime-based materials). 

For field work, portable Rockwell hardness testers are manufactured (Fig. 4.3.9b). A. J. Buehler Inc. supplies nine portable models of AMES type equipped with balls j6", and or a diamond cone, together... 

The Vickers method consists of replacing the steel ball in the Brinell hardness tester by a tetrahedral diamond pyramid with a dihedral angle 2y = 136 + 0.5° (Fig. 4.3.3, Table 4.3.1). Measurement involves applying the following loads to the pyramid as required 9.8, 19.6, 24.5, 29.4, 49, 98, 196, 291, 490 or 980 N and in measuring the diagonal of the indent obtained. Vickers hardness is the ratio of load P to lateral surface of indent... 

Fig. 4.3.10 (a). Eseway Equivalent Hardness Tester—Vickers, Rockwell, Brinell. 

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