If the steel part has been surface treated by carburizing, carbonitriding, austenitic nitrocarburizing, ferritic nitrocarburizing, nitriding or boronizing, one cannot always grind into the finished surface.

The following questions and comments have been asked by readers of our recent series of blogs on Hardness Testing (Parts 1-8).

The result of hardness testing is what will determine the success of the heat-treatment procedure and the material’s response to that heat treatment.

The following questions and comments have been asked by readers of our recent series of blogs on Hardness Testing (Parts 1-8).

The following questions and comments have been asked by readers of our recent series of blogs on Hardness Testing (parts 1-8).

The following questions and comments have been asked by readers of our recent series of blogs on Hardness Testing (Parts 1-8).

Shimadzu’s HMV-G series offers an array of automated functionality to enable users of any experience level to measure samples of unknown hardness easily and reliably.

We conclude our discussion of hardness testing by offering some final thoughts.

Here are some suggestions for successful microhardness testing, including some common errors that often occur.

Our discussion of hardness testing now focuses on microhardness testing methods.