Fig. 12 Vickers hardness testers. (a) Principal components of a mechanical type. (b) Modern Vickers tester with digital readout of diagonal measurements and hardness values. Source: Ref 1 More

Fig. 8 Integrated Leeb hardness testers in use. Courtesy of Proceq and GE Inspection Technologies More

Fig. 10 First ASTM intercomparison results of Leeb hardness testers on standardized hardness measurement blocks traceable to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The continuous line shows the EQUOTIP conversion curve with confidence interval. More

Fig. 3 Automatic Brinell hardness tester system with digital readout. Source: Ref 4 More

Figure 5-1 Model KDR-10 hydraulic Brinell hardness tester with direct readout comparator dial. (Courtesy of Page-Wilson Corp., Measurement Systems Div.) More

Figure 5-6 ( a ) Vickers diamond pyramid hardness tester. (Courtesy of Vickers Limited.) ( b ) Vickers, Brinell, and Rockwell tests can be performed on the Dia-Testor 2Rc hardness tester. ( Courtesy of Otto Wolpert-Werke GmbH .) ( c ) Vickers, Brinell, and Rockwell tests can be performed More

Figure 5-10 Model 3-DT Rockwell standard and superficial hardness tester with digital readout. (Courtesy of Page-Wilson Corp., Measurement Systems Div.) More

Figure 5-22 Akashi Model AVK-HF Vickers hot-hardness tester. More

Fig. 10.49 Microhardness profile measured using Vickers hardness tester with a 500 g load as a function of the distance from the overlay surface for alloy 625 weld overlay on the waterwall of a supercritical boiler after 1 year of operation when circumferential grooves, as shown in Fig. 10.36 More

Fig. 6.39 A hot microindentation hardness tester. (Nikon Inc.) More

Fig. 4 Hydraulic, manually operated portable Brinell hardness tester. Source: Ref 2 More

Fig. 7 Principal components of a regular or normal Rockwell hardness tester. Superficial Rockwell testers are similarly constructed. Source: Ref 2 More

Fig. 3 Shore hardness tester. (a) C model. (b) D model. (c) Sclerograph. Courtesy of Zwick More

Fig. 4 The original EQUOTIP hardness tester. (a) First generation. (b) Second generation. Courtesy of Proceq More

Fig. 11 Rebound hardness tester in accordance with the Nitronic method. Courtesy of Nitronic AG More

Fig. 17 Mechanical setup of the hardness tester in Fig. 16 . Courtesy of Hildebrand Messtechnik GmbH More

Fig. 21 Barcol hardness tester. Courtesy of Bareiss Prüfgerätebau GmbH More

Fig. 23 Rubber hardness tester according to Pusey and Jones. Courtesy of Bareiss Prüfgerätebau GmbH More

Fig. 30 Hardness tester for the micro-Shore A scale. Courtesy of Q-tec Co. More

Fig. 33 Ball indentation hardness tester. Courtesy of Bareiss Prüfgerätebau GmbH More