Metal hardness and the development of hardness testing
Understanding metal hardness The need to know the approximate hardness of metals would have been apparent to those who worked with the material thousands of
05/07/2021
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Understanding Rockwell hardness testing and Brinell hardness testing methods
In this article we discuss both the differences in the tests and the often overlooked difference between a Rockwell test block and a Brinell one.
01/06/2021
A guide to buying a Brinell hardness tester
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
25/05/2021
Brinell ‘automatic scanners’
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”
08/04/2021
More for the non-specialist – why have hardness test blocks?
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
08/04/2021
Size matters: The issue of indenter diameters – more for the non-specialist
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
26/03/2021
Hardness testing – the history
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
11/03/2021
The Brinell test block production process explained
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
08/02/2021
Uncertainty without doubt!
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
05/11/2020
Minimising injury risk during Brinell hardness tests
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
28/09/2020
Game changing: developing automatic indentation measurement in Brinell hardness testing
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
24/08/2020
More on hardness testing
Further information for the non-specialist The ‘hardness’ of a material is a physical property. It’s a term that’s used frequently to describe a material’s ability
10/12/2019
Hardness testing – some information for non-specialists
The term ‘hardness’ is used to describe a material’s ability to resist deformation. The values generated from hardness testing are extremely useful, not only when
25/09/2019
The problem of hardness testing large, unwieldy items accurately
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
25/09/2019
