Why Use a Hardness Test?
• Easy to perform • Quick – 1 to 30 seconds • Relatively inexpensive • Non-destructive • Finished parts can be tested – but not ruined • Virtually any size and shape can be tested • Practical QC device – incoming, outgoing The most common uses for hardness tests is to verify the heat treatment of a part and to determine if a material has the properties necessary for its intended use. Establishing a correlation between the hardness result and the desired material property allows this, making hardness tests very useful in industrial and R&D applications.
