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ETS VM 50-TSPC
Touch Screen PC-based Vickers Hardness Testing Machine
ETS VM 50-TSPC
Industrial-grade touch-screen PC Vickers tester with 5 to 50 kgf loads. The test cycle is fully automatic: a precise load is applied to the diamond indenter through levers and weights, removed after the dwell, and the CCD camera image of the impression is digitised and analysed by the PC, which measures both diagonals and calculates the Vickers hardness number. Designed in strict compliance with IS 1501-2:2013.
The ETS VM 50-TSPC is a touch-screen PC Vickers hardness testing machine from Eklavya Techno Solutions, Ichalkaranji, India, designed in strict compliance with IS 1501 (Part 2). It applies 5, 10, 20, 30 or 50 kgf to a 136-degree diamond pyramid indenter through levers and dead weights with a motorised load, dwell and unload cycle, then the CCD camera image of the square impression is digitised on the touch-screen PC. The software measures both diagonals with a least count of 0.001 mm and calculates the Vickers hardness number, and the result is saved to a batch file for reports, standard deviation, mean, median and histogram.
Vickers is the method of choice when a single indenter must cover everything from soft alloys to the hardest tool steels, and when the impression must be small: thin sheet, case-depth checks, small precision parts, hardened surfaces and finished components where the test should be effectively non-destructive. The VM 50-TSPC is a compact bench machine of about 70 kg, 585 x 290 x 860 mm, with 200 mm test height, 135 mm throat depth and a single-phase 220 V supply. It complies with IS 1501 (Part 2), ASTM E92 and ISO 6507-2 and is supplied with a standard test block, weights, flat and V anvils, the Vicksys software pen drive and licence dongle.
Test loads: 5, 10, 20, 30, 50 kgf
IS 1501 (Part 2) – Vickers hardness test – verification and calibration of testing machines
ASTM E92 – Standard test methods for Vickers and Knoop hardness of metallic materials
ISO 6507-2 – Metallic materials – Vickers hardness test – verification and calibration of testing machines
| Parameter | ETS VM 50-TSPC |
|---|---|
| Type | Vickers, dead-weight loading, motorised cycle, camera measurement on touch-screen PC |
| Test loads | 5, 10, 20, 30, 50 kgf |
| Indenter | Vickers diamond indenter |
| Max. test height | 200 mm |
| Depth of throat | 135 mm |
| Scale least count | 0.001 mm |
| Diagonal measuring range | 0.05 to 0.4 mm |
| Machine dimensions (L × W × H) | 585 × 290 × 860 mm |
| Net weight (approx.) | 70 kg |
| Power supply | 220 V AC, 50 Hz, 1 phase |
| Standard accessories | Standard test block, weights, flat anvil, small and big V anvils, spanners, electric cord, software licence dongle, Vicksys software pen drive, instruction manual |
| Note | Printer not in standard scope of supply |
Five dead-weight loads, 5, 10, 20, 30 and 50 kgf, applied to the Vickers diamond by a motorised cycle. Because the Vickers number is independent of load for a homogeneous material, the choice depends on the part: lighter loads for thin sheet, small parts and case-depth surveys, heavier loads for a larger, easier-to-measure impression on bulk material.
The CCD camera image of the impression is shown on the touch-screen PC; the operator focuses it and the Vicksys software detects both diagonals, measures them with a least count of 0.001 mm over a 0.05 to 0.4 mm range and calculates HV automatically. Results are stored in batch files with statistics, and the software includes calibration and verification options.
Hardened and tempered steel, tool steel, carburised and nitrided surfaces, thin sheet and strip, small precision components and finished parts where the impression must be tiny. The same diamond covers soft metals up to the hardest alloys, so one machine serves a heat-treatment shop, a tool room and an incoming-inspection lab.
The VcB-250 is an optical Vickers cum Brinell machine with loads up to 120 kgf Vickers and 250 kgf Brinell, measured on a projection screen with a micrometer. The VM 50-TSPC is Vickers only, 5 to 50 kgf, but measures automatically with a camera and touch-screen PC, stores batches and prints statistical reports, and is much lighter at about 70 kg.
The VM 50-TSPC complies with IS 1501 (Part 2), ASTM E92 and ISO 6507-2. Supplied items are a standard test block, weights, flat anvil, small and big V anvils, spanners, cord, software licence dongle, Vicksys software pen drive and manual. A printer is not in the standard scope of supply; ask ETS when ordering.
