Foundrax have put 70 years of innovation and refinement in to the ROBUS Brinell Hardness test machine.
Brinell Hardness Testing Machines
X-BHD range of bridge type (also referred to as ‘gantry type’) Brinell hardness testers, with manual Brinell test head or automatic closed loop servo motor driven Type B and Type D (includes integral BRINtronic® automatic Brinell microscope) series test heads. The range offers bespoke bed size and fixed or moving bridge options.
Primary Brinell calibration machines for use as National Brinell Hardness Standards.
BRINscan range of high speed, heavy duty, in-line, semi- and fully-automatic production Brinell hardness testers.
Model 134 portable Brinell hardness testers and accessories including Chain Adapter, MHMA transportable, railway track tester and converter for Alpha Duresta.
BHD series radial arm Brinell hardness testers with manual test head or automatic closed loop servo motor driven Type-B and Type-D (includes integral BRINtronic automatic Brinell microscope) series test heads.
Modular automatic closed loop servo motor driven Type B and Type D (includes integral BRINtronic automatic Brinell microscope) series test heads, for special purpose and custom made hardness tester design and for retrofit to existing hardware.
Helios series production Brinell hardness testers featuring automatic Type B and Type D (includes integral BRINtronic® automatic Brinell microscope) series test heads.
The Sentinel Brinell tester has an entirely new frame design and a fixed anvil with moving head for optimum ease of use. The BRINtronic automatic measurement system comes as standard.
Foundrax was founded in 1948 and is the only company in the world to truly specialise in Brinell hardness testing equipment and accessories. Foundrax Brinell hardness testers are specifically designed to provide laboratory-grade accuracy, even in the harshest of industrial environments, and their ruggedness is unequalled: At one factory one of our BRINscan machines was hit by a fork lift truck and propelled through a brick wall. During the repair process the machine was found to still be within calibration!
Recognised as technical authorities on Brinell hardness testing, we aim to provide all customers with an affordable solution that matches their exact requirements.
Online remote demonstrations are available, please contact us on +44 (0) 1458 274 888 to arrange a convenient time.
Brinell Hardness Testing
First demonstrated in 1900, the Brinell hardness test measures the hardness of a metal – and therefore its fitness for purpose – by forcing a tungsten carbide ball into the material’s surface in a precisely controlled way to produce an indentation. The diameter of the indentation is then fed into the ‘Brinell equation’ to give a hardness value expressed at XXX HBW, the HBW standing for Hardness Brinell Wolfram (Wolfram being an alternative name for tungsten carbide).
Our Brinell Hardness Tester Range
Here at Foundrax, we manufacture, service, calibrate and certify a full range of Brinell testing machines. The demands of metal hardness testing in the rigours of steelworks conditions has informed the design of every one.
Foundrax Brinell machines are designed for optimal functionality and value. We painstakingly examine customers’ needs and can custom-build machines to your exact requirements. There are huge, unique Foundrax Brinell hardness testing machines all around the World
Our Pioneering Work in the Development of Brinell Hardness Test Equipment
There is a Foundrax Brinell hardness tester for every conceivable application with custom design-and-build a particular speciality. Our equipment is rugged, straightforward to maintain and gives accurate, repeatable results. We offer automated indentation measurement on most of our machines, with the most accurate system in the industry. In fact, we pioneered automatic Brinell testing and you can read more about this here.
Our automated machines measure the diameter of each indentation hundreds of times in a fraction of a second and their accuracy vastly exceeds the requirements of the International Standards. We also offer the automatic measurement system as a stand alone hand-held microscope and laptop combination, for use with simpler Brinell testing machines.
The engineers at Foundrax are always on hand to offer advice and support should you need to know more about our unmatched range of Brinell hardness testers, so please call us today on 01458 274 888 or email us at sales@foundrax.co.uk to find out more.