Description
This hardness tester was designed, and is built, by metals people who have a constant need for a portable hardness tester. This hardness tester is already acclaimed by some of the finest plants and machine shops; it eliminates guesswork and is ideal for spot or production checking. On the job readings are made anywhere with dependable accuracy.
Physical Features:
- They are pre-tested for positive release and dependable accuracy.
- Weigh only four ounces.
- They are 9 1/4″ in length.
- They are calibrated to “Rockwell Scale”.
- Easy to read.
- Ready to use.
- The hardness tester has no moving parts to get out of adjustment.
This ingenious instrument features a steel ball of exact weight and shape which is dropped from an exact height – thus insuring a precise reading in “Rockwell C Scale” of the hardness of the material being tested. Surface to be tested should be free of scale or tool marks and the piece to be checked should have a thickness of 1″ or more.






