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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 hardness test blocks leave our workshop; destined for customers in over 40 countries. These blocks, more

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 calibration 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