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Just one 'corner' of the legendary Sheffield Forgemasters, a landmark in this city, so long associated with steel
Our Production Manager discusses his design considerations for the 'Sentinel' hardness tester with colleagues
Part of a customer's premises - a major steelworks
Part of a customer's premises, a major European steelworks
A bridge-type Brinell hardness tester just after installation at a client's premises in Italy
The special-order narrow-nosed BRINtronic microscope, for access to difficult-to-reach test surfaces
A Brinell indenter positioned above an indentation it has just made
October 2023: our latest X-BHD bridge machine undergoes post-installation checks at the client's workshop in mainland Europe
This particularly large bridge machine is now in Texas
Inside one of our customers' premises
A bridge-type Brinell tester passes its installation checks in France
Technician Ed scrutinising the display of a portable hardness tester
Dimensional checks on another of our custom-built machines
Foundrax Model 134 Portable hardness tester in use at a workshop
A BRINscan ultra-heavy-duty Brinell tester is in service at this steelworks
David and Mark (1) discussing milling procedures
A bridge-type hardness tester over a steelworks conveyor
Steel rod being hardness tested on a bridge-type machine
The test head of the biggest ever British hardness tester
An engineer works on the test head carriage on the largest Brinell hardness tester ever built in Britain
Our production manager checking settings on the milling machine in Workshop No 1
Demonstrating a Model 134 at Pressure Metals, Sheffield
Demonstrating a BRINtronic NEO at a Sheffield steel supplier
Pailton Engineering's goods-in quality technician operating a Robus bench-top Brinell hardness tester
A delighted customer and his company's bench-top Brinell testers
The interior of a customer's steelworks
This bridge machine is now in Texas
A Foundrax hardness tester at a cyliner factory in the United States
Gantry or bridge-type Brinelkl tester with additional integrated milling head for surface preparation
The legendary BRINscan Mklll that tested over 30 million tank track links on their way to service with the British Army
Grinding away surface contamination prior to indenting tank track links
September 2024 - another bridge-type Brinell tester is installed in Saudi Arabia
A discussion about surface grinding methods
Jeremy and Hannah check fork lift training dates
A Foundrax bridge machine being checked at installation at a French steelworks
Mark (2) linishing steel
Engineer William works on a circuit board
Pres-despatch performance checks on a radial arm machine
A BRINtronic NEO being tested at James Walker Moorflex, Bingley
Milling equipment
Lining up a calibration block
Inspection of a Rockwell calibration block
Foundrax MD Alex Austin at a customer's premises in the North of England
Milling machine swarf, which has a strange beauty of its own...
A BRINscan ultra-heavy-duty hardness tester on a railway wheel production line
Another veteran BRINscan heavy-duty tester
A bridge-type machine in Saudi Arabia (despite UK electrical socket on wall)
Drilling and milling steel plate for the body panels of a Helios Brinell tester
The Sentinel is by no means our toughest Brinell tester but, like all its stablemates, it's built for the steelworks environment
Sentinel hardness testers under assembly in Workshop 1
Checking the straightness of threaded rod on a plumb granite surface
A Sentinel head duty Brinell hardness tester