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Indentec

Hardness Testing

Product Information
Test Blocks

Hardness test blocks Certificate of calibtration for a hardness test block (UKAS)

Features
• Blocks manufactured by hardness tester manufacturer • Traceable to national standards
• Calibrated using calibration reference machines (*) • Supplied with an individually identified wallet
• Supplied with a UKAS accredited calibration certificate • Double or triple calibrated blocks available
• Manufactured in accordance to Indentec’s 17025:2005 • Re-calibration service
Quality Assurance System • Measurement uncertainties supplied for each block
• Full NADCAP compliance • Low surface hardness range variability
* traceable to PTB in Germany

Range of application Additionally it is good practice to verify the hardness


tester each morning to ensure that the machine has not
Hardness Reference Test Blocks are used to indirectly been tampered with overnight or that the indenter has
verify a hardness tester. Indirect verification should not been damaged.
be performed every 12 months as a minimum in ac-
cordance with the appropriate standard. Indirect verification is an essential part of quality assu-
rance systems and NADCAP accreditation.
This means that indirect verification should be perfor-
med for each hardness scale that is used when testing. Test blocks can be made out of a range of different ma-
This requires 5 indentations to be measured and their terials depending on the hardness level required, with
repeatability and error confirmed to be within the limits the most common being steel, brass, and aluminium.
set by the standards. For Rockwell ISO 6508:2 and
ASTM E18, Vickers 6507:2 and ASTM E384 and Brinell
6506:2 and ASTM E10.

Scale Scale Range Certification


Rockwell (HR) A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, W, X, Y ISO 6508-3, ASTM E18
Vickers (HV) 0.010 - 100 ISO 6507-3, ASTM E384
Knoop (HK) 0.010 - 1 ISO 4545-3
PI 932 2.0313

Brinell (HB) 1/1 - 10/3000 ISO 6506-3, ASTM E10

All data at ambient temperature. All rights reserved.

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