Heat treatment is an essential technique for influencing workpiece characteristics. Several industries focus on reliable part design to avoid breaking parts, e.g. by decreasing material weight and ...

Scientific Janka hardness testing reveals that the world's hardest woods are not always from large, ancient trees. This ...

AZoM talks to Richard Wismer, Sales Manager of Newage Testing Instruments, about the new MT91 Microhardness Testing System. Could you please provide a brief introduction to Newage hardness testing?

AURORA, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitutoyo America Corporation is pleased to announce the release of the HR-600 Hardness Tester into its line of precision measuring instruments. The HR-600 Series ...

Depending on the structural design requirements of a building, the grade of concrete may vary. Concrete pounds per square inch (PSI) plays a significant role in determining the concrete grades that ...

Measuring the “hardness” of soft, spongy elastomers—foams—is an inexact science. There is usually a surprisingly broad spread in the data normally provided by devices such as a durometer, a tool for ...