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Load-cell Brinell Hardness Testers

Load-cell Brinell

Automatic Brinell hardness testers with hydraulic or closed-loop load-cell loading, imported CCD cameras and ETS image-processing software that measures the impression and displays the Brinell hardness number instantly. From the compact 250 kgf touch-screen PC tester to the 3000 kgf B3000 and ETS-LB3000 with 380 mm test height, all comply with IS 1500-2, ASTM E10 and ISO 6506.

2 products in total

Load-cell Brinell

Test force range: 62.5 – 3,000 kgf
Brinell

ETS-LB3000

Load-cell Brinell Hardness Tester with industrial PC

  • TypeBrinell, servo ball-screw loading with closed-loop load cell, camera measurement
  • Test loads62.5, 100, 125, 187.5, 250, 500, 750, 1000 kgf and up to 3000 kgf in stages of 250 kgf
  • Loading cycleAutomatic load / dwell / unload after preliminary force applied by hand
  • MeasurementAutomatic by turret-mounted CCD camera and software on the built-in 10" industrial PC
ETS-LB3000
Brinell

ETS-LCB-3000AT

Load-cell Closed-loop Automatic Brinell Hardness Tester

  • TypeBrinell, load-cell closed-loop, automatic turret
  • Test force range62.5 to 3000 kgf (612.9 to 29420 N)
  • Test force steps62.5, 100, 125, 187.5, 250, 500, 750, 1000, 1500, 3000 kgf (10 steps, electronically controlled)
  • Available Brinell scalesHBW 2.5/62.5, 2.5/187.5, 5/62.5, 5/125, 5/250, 5/750, 10/100, 10/250, 10/500, 10/1000, 10/1500, 10/3000
ETS-LCB-3000AT
Background information

Brinell hardness testing

IS 1500 (Part 2) · ASTM E10 · ISO 6506

The Brinell test presses a tungsten carbide ball of 1, 2.5, 5 or 10 mm diameter into the specimen under a test force between 62.5 and 3000 kgf, chosen so that the force-to-ball-diameter ratio suits the material (30 for steel, 10 for copper alloys, 5 or 2.5 for light alloys). After the dwell time the diameter of the impression is measured and the Brinell hardness number HBW is calculated from the force and the curved surface area of the impression.

The large impression averages out grain structure, porosity and local hard spots, which makes Brinell the preferred method for castings, forgings, rolled stock and other coarse-grained or heterogeneous materials that a Rockwell indent would sample too locally.

ETS Brinell testers use hydraulic or closed-loop load-cell loading with a CCD camera and ETS image-processing software to measure the impression and display the hardness value instantly, removing operator error from the microscope reading. Force and indenter verification follow IS 1500 (Part 2), ASTM E10 and ISO 6506-2.