Gallery
A discussion about surface grinding methods
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
One of our bridge machines in Scotland
The interior of a customer's steelworks
Surface grinding calibration blocks
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 Foundrax bridge machine employed at a cylinder factory (1)
A Foundrax bridge machine employed at a cylinder factory (2)
Another steelworks, another bridge machine...
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
Brinell blocks before and after our 23-stage production process
Brinell block (detail)
Our most experienced lab technician inspects a block for surface finish
Brinell test blocks; now and then (1979)
A bridge-type machine in Northern 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
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
October 2023: our latest X-BHD bridge machine undergoes post-installation checks at the client's workshop in mainland Europe
A Foundrax bridge machine being checked at installation at a French steelworks
Our production manager checking settings on the milling machine in Workshop No 1
A BRINtronic NEO in use at an engineering workshop
Pre-despatch testing and inspection on a radial arm machine
Servicing a Model 134 portable Brinell tester
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
