Range of rockwell, vickers and universal hardness testers

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(2007), "Range of rockwell, vickers and universal hardness testers", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 79 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2007.12779fad.014

Range of rockwell, vickers and universal hardness testers

Range of rockwell, vickers and universal hardness testers Hardness testing equipment specialist Foundrax Engineering Products Ltd has announced a new range of Rockwell, Vickers and universal hardness testers from Wolpert and Wilson Instruments.

The company's latest Foundrax- Wolpert Rockwell 500 and 600 series units are said to deliver proven reliability and precision under both production and laboratory conditions. They are available in manual or motorized load control versions and test results can be output as analogue displays or via built-in printers and statistics packages. In addition, Foundrax now offers the 2000 series of Rockwell and Vickers hardness testers from US-based Wilson Instruments, inventors of the Rockwell hardness test.

Available in regular, superficial, twin and micro Rockwell models, Wilson 2000 series units feature closed-loop electronic control, along with direct mounting of the load cell on the indenter to eliminate errors. The testers comply to both ASTM and ISO and provide unmatched accuracy – achieving gauge repeatability and reproducibility (GR&R) figures of better than 5 per cent.

Wilson 2000 series units also complement the addition of Foundrax- Wolpert Vickers and micro Vickers hardness testers to the company's established VX Vickers and MX micro Vickers/Knoop test equipment ranges. Considered to be ideal for evaluating the hardness of small parts, thin materials or wire, coatings and performance case depth variations, Foundrax-Wolpert Vickers testers are offered with analogue or digital microscopes, motorized turrets, built-in printers and statistics packages to suit a wide variety of application requirements.

A further new range of Foundrax- Wolpert universal hardness testers delivers reliable and robust operation in both shopfloor and laboratory environments. Providing Vickers, Brinell or Rockwell measurement results, these versatile and flexible machines are available in either traditional “lever and weight” configuration or with closed loop control technology for maximum accuracy and repeatability.

Details available from: Foundrax Engineering Products Ltd, Tel:+44 (0) 1458 274888, Web site: www.foundrax.co.uk