Understanding the different hardness testing types and systems can be useful to determine an optimal solution. Hardness testing functionality has evolved, and now users can dial into world-class-caliber instrumentation that more closely aligns with their applications at hand.

Two digital Rockwell/ Superficial Rockwell benchtop hardness testers, with fully automated load/ unload procedures, are capable of providing highly accurate readings.

Two digital Rockwell/Superficial Rockwell benchtop hardness testers (No. 3823 and No. 3824) with fully automated load/unload procedures are capable of testing in a range of 30 different Rockwell hardness scales for carbon steel, alloy steel, cast iron and nonferrous metals.

Having the right tools in our toolbox or knowing who to call and rely on makes any job go easier, faster and better.

Narrowing down what best suits your organization’s material, QC, budget and future needs will help when purchasing a hardness-testing machine.

Unlike the Wright Brothers, Hugh Rockwell and Stanley Rockwell were two engineers working for the same company who shared nothing more than a common last name and an interest in developing a better type of hardness test, specifically to test the hardness of bearing races.