Why Foundrax?
Foundrax is the market-leading manufacturer of Brinell hardness testing equipment. It is the only company in the world to make a range of products covering everything from UKAS-certified reference blocks to National Standard-level calibration machines.
The company’s UK pedigree can be traced back to 1948 but its predecessor was in the steelworks supply business in 18th Century Bohemia! Every testing machine has been designed with an understanding of the rigours of steelworks conditions and Foundrax equipment has been field-proven in the most demanding industrial environments.
Foundrax is recognised worldwide for its expertise and has been influential in the development of hardness testing standards in ISO and BSI as well as ECISS. The Managing Director sits on the ISO hardness testing committee and is in regular consultation with European academic authorities. A new position of Head of R&D was created in 2022 to maintain the company’s ongoing research.
We offer a full range of Brinell hardness testing machines, providing market-leading automation of both indentation and measurement. In fact we invented commercial automatic measurement over 40 years ago and it revolutionised Brinell testing. You can read more about this technical breakthrough here. Our machines are known for their laboratory-level accuracy in steelworks conditions and their ability to keep performing reliably over hundreds of thousands of test cycles. The new Helios model was bench-tested over 300,000 cycles before launch.
Basically, nobody knows more about how to build a Brinell testing machine than we do. You can read more about the company here.
Case Studies
Our ability is recognised around the world with customers in 45 countries
Industrial sectors we supply
Aerospace and Transport
30 Million+ parts tested
We supply critical testing capability to the aerospace, defence and transport sectors, where the ability to rapidly eliminate every sub-standard component is crucial, and accurate testing therefore essential. Our hardness testing products meet the strictest requirements and are supplied with UKAS certificates of calibration.
Oil, Gas and Renewables
Flexible measurement solutions
Foundrax helps its customers to meet the immense energy demands of the 21st Century; delivering essential testing capability to component suppliers in wind turbine production and oil tool manufacturing. The exceptional performance required of turbine gearboxes and sub-sea drilling equipment, to give just two examples, means that catastrophic component failure will always be a possibility unless the strictest testing processes are in place.
Heat Treatment
Test solutions for industrial environments
Precision Brinell testing works hand-in-hand with heat treatment, where there are customers requiring results to within one hardness point either way. Our automated machines can perform accurate tests on materials that have had minimal surface preparation (five seconds with a hand grinder).
Iron & Steel
Customers in over 45 countries
Foundrax machines have a direct pedigree going back over 65 years and an industrial heritage that can be traced to the 18th Century. An understanding of the rigours of steelworks conditions has informed the development of the entire range of hardness testing equipment and there are Foundrax testers in steelworks today that have performed millions of tests.
UKAS accreditation
All Foundrax products are offered with certificates of calibration from our UKAS-accredited laboratory. Each provides a robust, reliable and cost effective solution to the Brinell hardness test process on which so many industries rely. Foundrax is UKAS accredited (0231) for its permanent laboratory and for on-site calibrations (0231S1). View PDF
