Gallery
A discussion about surface grinding methods
Our 2023 summer outing
A post-frame-assembly inspection of 'Big Blue'; the largest hardness tester ever built in the UK
A vintage BRINscope from the 1970s, still in full working order
Pailton Engineering's goods-in quality technician operating a Robus bench-top Brinell hardness tester
Inside one of our customers' premises
One of our bridge machines in Scotland
'Big Blue' (as we nicknamed it), the largest Brinell hardness tester ever built in Britain, under assembly
Lapping blocks by the tried-and-tested method
The interior of a customer's steelworks
Surface grinding calibration blocks
A Foundrax technician checking a load curve - it's perfect
A BRINtronic NEO being tested at James Walker Moorflex, Bingley
The extraordinarily successful Foundrax
indenter head
One of the marvellous things about the Robus Brinell tester is that it will easily fit in the back of a 'Transit Connect'!
'Big Blue', as we nicknamed it, the largest Brinell hardness tester ever constructed in Britain, leaves Head Office
Foundrax MD Alex demonstrating a 134 portable Brinell tester
Bridge machines under construction at our Somerset head office
An engineer works on the test head carriage on the largest Brinell hardness tester ever built in Britain
Foundrax calibration products are used in multiple industries, including the manufacture of wind turbine gearboxes
This BRINscan MkV is currently testing every link in every tank track for use by the British Army
A 2022 bridge machine, production-line testing in the West Midlands
A Foundrax bridge machine employed at a cylinder factory (1)
Chamfering Brinell calibration blocks for a more comfortable user experience
Components of all shapes and sizes can be accommodated by our bridge-type testers
A Foundrax bridge machine employed at a cylinder factory (2)
Attaching a polishing cloth in preparation for finishing the surface of Brinell blocks
Another steelworks, another bridge machine...
Calibrating with a chain adapter
Whenever necessary we will make a component
Servicing a hydraulic test head
Servicing a hydraulic test head
This bridge machine is now in Texas
A demonstration of the BRINtronic NEO on location at a Sheffield steelworks
Just one 'corner' of the legendary Sheffield Forgemasters, a landmark in this city, so long associated with steel
A very heavily-used bridge machine in the North of England (white mark obscures client-sensitive information)
Brinell blocks before and after our 23-stage production process
Brinell block (detail)
Our most experienced lab technician inspects a block for surface finish
Laser etching numerals onto a Rockwell block
Brinell test blocks; now and then (1979)
A bridge-type machine in Northern Europe
Another massive Brinell tester heads for Central Europe
Rockwell calibration blocks, available with custom grids
Technician Jamie servicing a 'Model 134'
A Brinell indenter in action
The illuminated graticule of a BRINscope manual microscope
Engineer William works on a circuit board
The UK's 'Measurement HQ', the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington
Another bridge machine bed arrives from our subcontractor
Grinding away surface contamination prior to indenting tank track links
The legendary BRINscan Mklll that tested over 30 million tank track links on their way to service with the British Army
A Rockwell diamond indenter withdrawing from the indentation it has just produced
Another example of a machine that's coped with years of steelworks conditions without malfunction
October 2023: our latest X-BHD bridge machine undergoes post-installation checks at the client's workshop in mainland Europe
Linishing Brinell calibration blocks for user comfort
A Foundrax bridge machine being checked at installation at a French steelworks
Machining portable hardness tester components
Our production manager checking settings on the milling machine in Workshop No 1
Jeremy and Hannah check fork lift training dates
A BRINtronic NEO in use at an engineering workshop
A milling operation 'frozen' by fast shutter
Pre-despatch testing and inspection on a radial arm machine
Servicing a Model 134 portable Brinell tester
Milling equipment
Demonstrating a Model 134 at Pressure Metals, Sheffield
Railway wheels, every one of which has been checked by a Foundrax heavy-duty Brinell hardness testing machine
David and Mark (1) discussing milling procedures
Mark (2) linishing steel
Performing pre-despatch checks on a radial arm Brinell tester
Our BRINtronic fully automatic Brinell microscope measures indentations on surfaces that have received just five seconds of work with an angle grinder
