Automating Brinell Hardness Testing – a guide
This is based on an article that first appeared in the United States’ publication Heat Treat Today In many steelworks producing large forgings and billets,
This is based on an article that first appeared in the United States’ publication Heat Treat Today In many steelworks producing large forgings and billets,
This article covers the concept, origins, development and application of hardness testing and the five main testing methods in use today. What is hardness testing?
The history and application of the Rockwell Hardness Test and Rockwell Hardness Scale Metal hardness testing is an essential part of numerous engineering and manufacturing
We recently finished the installation of another of our large X-BHD machines. These are bridge, or gantry type, with a head that manoeuvres on x,
Foundrax Engineering staff gathered at Haynes Motor Museum recently for a hotly-contested session of Go-Karting. The Museum organises the sessions to create the feel of
This first appeared (with minor alterations) in the United States publication Heat Treat Today Note: for a general overview of hardness testing – concept, origins,
Foundrax has a significant customer base in the United States, centred around Texas. Several American companies have purchased one of our Brinell hardness testers; usually for checking components heading for the oil and gas sector.
We recently received a block back from a client with a note expressing concern that it was two Rockwell units softer than stated on its
Accurately measuring the diameter of a Brinell indentation is, of course, as important as making the indentation properly in the first place. But this is
Foundrax’s revolutionary, automatic indentation measurement microscope – the ‘BRINtronic’® – has been available for many years as an integral part of our Brinell testing machines
All the essentials of the Brinell hardness tester explained A Brinell hardness tester is a machine that is used for measuring the hardness of metal.
This machine, one of a long and distinguished line of large Foundrax Brinell testers (they can be found all around the Globe) enables the in-situ
To make a true Brinell test using a floor-standing or bench-mounted Brinell hardness tester, according to the requirements of ISO 6506 or ASTM E10-18: Setting
One of the internationally accepted methods of measuring metal hardness is by Brinell testing. Brinell testing expresses the hardness numerically and the “Brinell hardness number”
Note: This article concentrates on the history of testing. For a comprehensive overview of hardness testing we have produced this article: https://foundrax.co.uk/hardness-testing-a-comprehensive-overview/ Understanding metal hardness
Information on Brinell hardness testing; uses, advantages and disadvantages.
Are you considering the purchase of a Brinell hardness tester? Why choose Foundrax? There are other hardness tester suppliers, after all… Well, it’s all about
Brinell “scanners” Some in the world of metal hardness testing talk about “scanning” Brinell indentations to measure their diameter. Others refer to using “artificial intelligence”
Brinell Hardness Test Blocks Every year, thousands of Brinell test blocks leave our workshop; destined for customers in over 40 countries. These blocks, more correctly
Rockwell and Vickers hardness tests have their place in the metrologist’s armoury but, for large cast components, the Brinell hardness test is still very much
Foundrax MD Alex Austin explained the background to Brinell testing late in 2019 in an article for Materials Today, an abridged version of which is
It sometimes surprises customers that our Brinell test blocks cost a three-figure sum. Well, it needs to be stated at the outset that using metals
One of my favourite reference book titles, because of the obvious humorous aspect to it, is Doubt-Free Uncertainty in Measurement*. It seems to me that
Does your metal hardness testing put your operators at risk? Foundrax MD Alex Austin discusses the hazards: I have visited several customer sites where the
Foundrax MD Alex Austin on the ‘slow revolution’ in Brinell testing that the company pioneered Foundrax has been in the hardness testing business for over
Note: for a more comprehensive explanation of the concept, origins and application of hardness testing, see our major article here. The term ‘hardness’ is used
Sometimes, if you’re hoping to do a Brinell hardness test on something that’s heavy and awkward to manoeuvre, it’s easier to take the tester to
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