Individual Test Bars for Brinell Hardness Testers
| Accuracy | Lg. | Ht. | Wd. | Choose a Hardness | Each | |
| ±2 | 6" | 9/16" | 9/16" | Brinell 106, Brinell 111, Brinell 114, Brinell 117, Brinell 121, Brinell 124, Brinell 127, Brinell 131, Brinell 135, Brinell 138, Brinell 142, Brinell 147, Brinell 151, Brinell 156, Brinell 160, Brinell 165, Brinell 170, Brinell 176, Brinell 182, Brinell 188, Brinell 194, Brinell 200, Brinell 207, Brinell 212, Brinell 217, Brinell 223, Brinell 229, Brinell 235, Brinell 241, Brinell 248, Brinell 255, Brinell 262, Brinell 269, Brinell 277, Brinell 285, Brinell 293, Brinell 302, Brinell 311, Brinell 321, Brinell 331, Brinell 341, Brinell 352, Brinell 363, Brinell 375, Brinell 388, Brinell 401, Brinell 415, Brinell 429, Brinell 444, Brinell 461, Brinell 477, Brinell 495, Brinell 514, Brinell 534, Brinell 578 | 000000 | 000000 |
Brinell Hardness Testers
Determine the hardness of very hard steel. To use, slide a test bar into the tester, place the tester on your surface, and hit with a hammer; a steel ball will make an impression. Measure the impression with the 20X microscope and use the computing disc to determine hardness.
Ball Indenters for Brinell Hardness Tests
A key component of Brinell hardness testers, these ball indenters are hard enough to make impressions on most metal. Made of carbide, they won’t deform as they press into hard material. Shallow indentations mean a material is hard and deep indentations show that it is soft. Use the diameter of the indentations created by these balls as part of the calculation to find your material’s hardness rating. These ball indenters meet ISO 6506 and ASTM E10 standards for Brinell hardness testing. The shank diameter is a standard size for bench-top Brinell hardness testers.
2.5 mm diameter ball indenters are a good choice when testing material with limited space for measuring or material that is thin and may fracture under heavy loads. They make less contact when indenting your material surface than larger diameter indenters.
10 mm diameter ball indenters are the most commonly used and work well for testing soft material that might deform under heavy loads. They have a large contact area when indenting your material surface, so they distribute the applied load over a larger surface area than smaller diameter indenters. This means there is less stress and pressure at the indentation site.
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