Gallery
A discussion about surface grinding methods
A vintage BRINscope from the 1970s, still in full working order
A bench-top machine in action at Pailton Engineering
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
'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
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
A Foundrax bridge machine employed at a cylinder factory (1)
A Foundrax bridge machine employed at a cylinder factory (2)
This BRINscan MkV is currently testing every link in every tank track for use by the British Army
Another steelworks, another bridge machine...
Dimensional checks on a custom-built hardness tester
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 hardness tester over a steelworks conveyor
Steel rod being hardness tested on a bridge-type machine
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 bridge-type Brinell tester passes its installation checks in France
Our production manager checking settings on the milling machine in Workshop No 1
Robus, bench-top Brinell testers under assembly in Workshop 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
The 'BRINtronic' display on a fully automatic Brinell tester
A new Helios Brinell tester undergoing pre-despatch checks
Technician Ed scrutinising the display of a portable hardness tester
