Calibration blocks – the production process explained for non-specialists

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

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 metal 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

Foundrax MD Alex Austin on the ‘slow revolution’ in Brinell testing that the company pioneered Foundrax has been in the hardness testing business since the

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 the test are extremely useful, not only when

25/09/2019

The problem of testing large, unwieldy items accurately

Sometimes, if you’re testing something that’s heavy and awkward to manoeuvre, it’s easier to take the tester to the component rather than the component to