TRACEABILITY OF INDUSTRIAL ROCKWELL, BRINELL, VICKERS AND KNOOP HARDNESS MEASUREMENTS

Samuel Low, Alessandro Germak, Konrad Herrmann
Abstract:
The measurement of hardness is used extensively by many of the world's manufacturing industries. The conventional hardness tests are the most commonly used methods for acceptance testing and production quality-control of metals and metallic products. For these industries to be successful, it is important that measurements made by suppliers and customers agree within some practical limits. Measurement traceability is a key factor in assuring hardness measurement agreement. This paper discusses the traceability issues related to the measurement of conventional hardness, including calibration, verification and uncertainty.
Keywords:
hardness, traceability, uncertainty
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Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC5
Event name:
HARDMEKO 2010
Title:
11th HARDMEKO Conference: HARDMEKO 2010 (together with 21st TC3 Conference on Measurement of Force, Mass and Torque and 2nd TC22 Meeting on Vibration Measurement)
Place:
Pattaya, THAILAND
Time:
21 November 2010 - 25 November 2010