http://www.hardnesstesters.biz/blog Hardness Testing Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:05:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For a Spanish manufacturer of stainless steel, the machine forms part of a robotic test cell that will work unattended for twenty four hours a day seven days a week. Using transfer mechanisms driven by signals from the software, the cell will check the dimensions, surface finish, hardness and tensile strength ... http://www.hardnesstesters.biz/blog/2008/11/robotic-hardness-tester-installed-in-spanish-mill2/ Believed to be the first robotic digital Vickers hardness testing machine, it has been installed in a Spanish stainless steel mill for checking prepared stainless steel specimens. Indentec believes it is the first to engineer a digital Vickers hardness testing machine for fully robotic operation. The Stourbridge Company has eliminated the human ... http://www.hardnesstesters.biz/blog/2008/11/robotic-hardness-tester-installed-in-spanish-mill1/ Its software also calculates hardness automatically from the indentation and provides an unequivocal read-out of the Rockwell number on an eye level display with no requirement for human interpretation. The benchtop machine carries out the Rockwell hardness test on an automatic cycle, a bar graph simulating the movement of the indenter and ... http://www.hardnesstesters.biz/blog/2008/11/measurement-of-hardness-is-consistent-on-cutters2/ The adoption of the Rockwell test has enhanced both accuracy and scope of hardness testing for Britain's leading manufacturer of commercial grass and hedge cutting equipment. Ludlow based McConnel, which commands 80 per cent of the UK market, has opted for the Rockwell method to overcome problems in reaching awkwardly located ... http://www.hardnesstesters.biz/blog/2008/11/measurement-of-hardness-is-consistent-on-cutters1/ One of the latest pocket-sized digital testers is helping VOR Transmissions improve and speed hardness testing at its factory in Willenhall. A specialist in remanufacturing top grade transmissions for PSV coaches and commercial vehicles, VOR has adopted the portable approach chiefly to ensure through, rapid and economic testing of components rescued ... http://www.hardnesstesters.biz/blog/2008/11/handheld-makes-testing-better-for-vor/ One of the latest pocket sized digital testers is helping VOR Transmissions improve and speed hardness testing at its factory in Willenhall. A specialist in remanufacturing top grade transmissions for psv coaches and commercial vehicles, VOR has adopted the portable approach chiefly to ensure through, rapid and economic testing of components ... http://www.hardnesstesters.biz/blog/2008/11/pocket-digital-unit-speeds-hardness-testing/ A dual purpose fixture enables Rockwell hardness tests to be made in the roots of sprocket and at specific points on the sprocket faces. Indentec has developed a dual purpose fixture to enable Rockwell hardness tests to be made in the roots of sprocket and at specific points on the sprocket ... http://www.hardnesstesters.biz/blog/2008/11/fixture-checks-hardness-at-sprocket-roots/ PBA Heat Treatment is eliminating human errors in Brinell hardness testing with one of the most advanced automatic measuring systems in the UK. A computerised optical scanner, the system solves an age old problem by doing away with the reading microscope that can lead to different interpretations of the same Brinell ... http://www.hardnesstesters.biz/blog/2008/11/automatic-hardness-tester-eliminates-human-error/ Hardness testing machine combines the three classical test methods - Rockwell, Vickers, and Brinell - to save users having to buy extra equipment to use two or more hardness scales. The Stourbridge Company says that the unique three in one capability will save users having to buy extra equipment to meet ... http://www.hardnesstesters.biz/blog/2008/10/three-in-one-tester-checks-hardness/ Two new computer packages from Indentec enable digital hardness testing machines to be upgraded to fully automatic operation. The packages can be added or retrofitted to Vickers Micro hardness or Brinell full load testers of any technically suitable design. They eliminate errors by minimising human judgements in hardness measurement, and strengthen management ... http://www.hardnesstesters.biz/blog/2008/10/computer-packages-automate-hardness-testers/