Newly enhanced Versitron® Rockwell Hardness Tester combines laboratory accuracy with rugged shop floor design

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(2012), "Newly enhanced Versitron® Rockwell Hardness Tester combines laboratory accuracy with rugged shop floor design", Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Vol. 59 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/acmm.2012.12859aaa.013

Newly enhanced Versitron® Rockwell Hardness Tester combines laboratory accuracy with rugged shop floor design

Newly enhanced Versitron^® Rockwell Hardness Tester combines laboratory accuracy with rugged shop floor design

Article Type: New materials and equipment From: Anti-Corrosion Methods and Materials, Volume 59, Issue 1

The newly enhanced Versitron^® Rockwell Hardness Testing System from Newage Testing Instruments achieves fast, accurate and repeatable hardness test results under less than ideal operating conditions, making it suitable for both lab or shop use. The highly versatile tester also eliminates the need to use jack rests for large parts or to frequently clean or cut parts to be tested. Simply put, the best just got better.

Long considered the workhorse of the industry, the Versitron has the fastest test cycle of any hardness tester, performing tests in as little as 4 s, even on manually activated machines. The tester’s robust frame allows large specimens to be clamped in seconds prior to applying the load without supports or tools and without affecting test results. In addition, the system is extremely user friendly, requiring little operator training and having few service or maintenance requirements.

Commonly found test conditions, such as vibration or a dirty test environment, test samples with oily residues, or thin test pieces will sometimes cause test error due to deflection during the load. The Versitron features a unique indenter system that eliminates or substantially reduces those errors. In addition, a clamping shield holds difficult test parts securely to the tester’s anvil and helps to protect the indenter area.

The Versitron’s entire load system is modular and self-contained with a number of specific advantages over other systems. With a single pull of a lever, an operator can perform the entire test cycle, applying both the preload and full load and providing a test result in as few as 4 s without operator influence. Motor-driven systems are started with a push of a button or pedal.

Immediately surrounding the Versitron indenter is an indenter shroud whose purpose is to sense the position of the indenter relative to the test surface when the preload has been applied. Should the test specimen deflect under major load, the shroud travels with the test surface to compensate by maintaining the precise reference position with the test surface, so the test results remain accurate.

Modular test heads are easy to install so that testers can be quickly interchanged between regular and superficial ranges or be upgraded by adding new test heads as requirements change. Test heads are available in basic digital and advanced digital versions and are interchangeable with any Versitron frame.

All Versitron testers have RS-232 output for data transfer and are available with DataView software that was developed specifically for hardness test data collection and offers such features as scale conversion and round correction. Built-in hardness conversion tables can automatically convert test results to another hardness scale, per ASTM E 140, at the push of a button.

The Versitron tester is uniquely qualified for a wide range of custom and in-line production applications. The versatile hardness tester is robustly designed and manufactured in America and supported by AMETEK’s long-standing reputation for product innovation and engineering support.

Newage Testing Instruments is a unit of AMETEK Measurement & Calibration Technologies, an established leader in hardness testers and accessories. It offers a comprehensive range of hardness testers for Rockwell, Brinell and Microhardness testing. AMETEK Test & Calibration Technologies is a division of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices.

More information is available from web site: www.amtek.com