PRACTICAL HARDNESS TESTING MADE SIMPLE - AWS

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PRACTICAL HARDNESS TESTING MADE SIMPLE iTable of ContentsPage1. GENERAL 12. INTRODUCTION 33. BRINELL HARDNESS TESTING 94. VICKERS HARDNESS TESTING 145. ROCKWELL HARDNESS TESTING 176. INFORMATIONS 22PRACTICAL HARDNESS TESTING MADE SIMPLE 11. GENERALImportant facts and features to be known and booklet intends to stress the significance ofHardness TESTING and to dispel a few commonmisconceptions attributing to it inappropriate meanings is dedicated to all people using HARDNESS TESTING intheir daily work, for them to be aware of the usefulness of themethods, when applied correctly, and of the dangers of faultygeneralisations, if interpreted outside the frame of may also be useful for students learning to practiceHardness TESTING , to orient them in the understanding of

Hardness Testing, as defined above: • is inexpensive, • non destructive, • easy to implement with properly calibrated equipment, • by operators who can easily be trained and supervised, • applying understandable written procedures strictly maintained, • and gives useful information if it is known what it represents.

  Testing, Destructive, Non destructive