TIME6202 Digital Brinell Hardness Tester USAGE Instruction Manual EE TIME GROUP INC.One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Content Precautions Brief Introduction ————________________ 5 External Structure ‘Technical Specifications ‘Test Foreesp—— ‘The Relations among the Test Scales, Indenters and Test Foree———— 5 Tolerance and Repeatability of Displaying Valu. § Optical System2-________g Installation of the Instrument 6 Working Condition 6 Unpacking and Installation 7 Introduction to the Interface: 7 Key Function on the Main Interface g How to Carry Out the Test Selection of Test Parametee 9 Zero-setting of Eyepiece 9 Measurement of Indentation io Cautions 2 Minimum Thickness of the Specimen B ‘Accessories (The Packing List} 14One. Precautions 1.1 It is advisable to use the single-phase 3-pin plug for the electric connection on the present instrument. The grounding end must be according to the stipulated requirement for earth protecting. 1.2 It is necessary to read carefully the usage instruction manual before the operation of the present instrument in order to know the operational procedures and the precautions so as to avoid the damages to the instrument and the personal safety caused by the incorrect operation. 1.3 It is prohibited to dismount and altemate without permission all the electric component parts and the switches as well as their fixed positions. Those who do such ‘unwarranted actions will be responsible for their consequences. 1.4 The shifting between the indenter and the objective of this machine is automatic, don’t rotate manually, otherwise it will cause the confusion of the program. 1.5 During the loading, dwelling and unloading process, press the emergency stop button immediately in case of emergency, and the instrument will stop testing automatically and return to initial position. 1.6 Our company tries to improve the quality of the hardness testers and renew their structure continuously. In case the contents in the usage instruction manual are a bit different with the actual structure of the instrument, it is hoped and apologized for the fact that the further notice will not be given. Two. Brief Introduction 2.1 Hardness is one of the important indices of material mechanical performance. And hardness test is the important means to determine metal material or the quality of product parts. Because of the corresponding relation between metal hardness and other mechanical performance, therefore, most metal materials can be measured the hardness to approximately calculate the other mechanical performance, such as strength, fatigue, creep and wear, Brinell hardness test can satisfy the determination of all the metal material hardness by using different test forces or changing different ball indenters. . 2.2 The instrument adopts precise structure design and the load of test force is controlled by the sensor, It makes the whole structure compact and loading of test force stable and exact, The test process is controlled by CPU, using automatic switching between the objective and the indenter, The location of switching adopts mechanical and electronic double matching, makes the location precision higher. 223 The instrument can apply to the measurement of cast iron, nonferrous metal and alloy material, various annealing, hardening and tempering steel, especially the soft metal such as aluminum, lead, tin ete, which makes the hardness value more correct. The main function is as follows: This instrument has 10 level of test force, 13 Brinell hardness test scales, free to choose; With three indenters for automatic measurement, : With two objectives, both can be involved in the measurement of indentation length; Automatic switching between the objective and the indenter according to the scale; Can preset the test force dwell time and adjust intensity of light source; Can show the indentation length, the hardness value and the number of Measurements etc.; Choice of conversion between each scale of hardness values; The test result can be printed out Three. External Structure1. Measuring [2. Automatic | 19,475, smm /2.5mm Ball Indenter Eyepiece ‘Turret 3. Lifting | 6. Emergency , 4 Test Table | ey Stop Button | 7 Power Switeh | 8. Fuse M1. Hand] xo oa 9. Power Cord | 10. Printer | Wigs 12. 1Objective | 13. 2*Objective 14. Position | 15. Measuring |16. Input Drum Wheel | Drum Wheel | Button 17. Touching Screen Four. Technical Specifications 4.1 Test Forces © Totally 10 level of test force: 612.9N (62.5kg) 4903N (500kg) | 980.7N_(100kg) 73S5N_(750kg) 1226N_(125kg) 9807N (1000kg) 1839N_(187.5kg) 14710N_(1500kg) 2452N_(250kg) 29420N_(3000kg) ‘Test force control: closed loop system Test force applying: automatic (loading / dwell/ unloading) Applying time of test force: 2~8s Dwell time: 0~60s (5 seconds as an unit) 4.2. Shifting between the indenter and objective: Automatic 4.3 Hardness reading: Measure the length of indentation, press the button to input, it automatically calculates and shows the hardness value. 4.4 Choice of conversion between each scale of hardness values. 4.5 Specification of the indenter © 10mm ball indenter © 5mm ball indenter © 2.5mm ball indenter 4.6 The Correspondence Relations among the Test Scales, Indenters and Test Force of the Brinell Hardness (Table 1) Tabletoe J] indentation “ Ball m Rate Diameter | Objective Hardness Seales | Diameter | TLS foso2/D4) | (mm) Gum) e I =o) HBW 10/3000 10 29420(3000) 30 HBW 10/1500 10 | 14710(1500) B HBW 10/10 10 00 10 9807(1000) 24-6 HBW 10/500 10 4903(500) 2 HBW 10/250 10 | 2452(250) 25 < HBW 10/125 10 | 1226(125) 1.25 : HBW10/100 | ~—10_—_—‘| 980.7(100) 1 HBW 5/750 5 7355(750) 30 HBW 5/250 10 5 | 2452 (250) 05% HBW 5/125 3 1226(125) 5 HBW 5/62.5 5 612.9(62.5) 2.5 HBW 2.5/187.5 2.5 | 1839(187.5) 30 - 0.6-1.5 2 BW 2.5/62.5 zo 612.9(62.5) 10 The selection of test force should enable the indentation diameter fall in range 0.25D< d<0.6D: When d-0.37D, the hardness value measured is very accuracy (d—Indentation Diameter, D—Ball Diameter). 4.7 According to materials and Brinell hardness values range, select Rate (Table 2) Table2 Materials Brinell Hardness | Rate (0.102F/D") Steel, nickel alloys, titanium alloys a a Cast iron | S140 10 2140 36 i <35 z Copper and copper alloys 35-130 a >130 a anal 25 Light metals and their alloys 35-80 7h >80 70 Note: 1 Try to select the larger ball indenter if the test Condition is alowed 2. F—Test Force Value (N) D—Ball Diameter (mm) 54.8 Repetition and tolerance of displayed value for the hardness tester (Table 3) ‘Table 3. Standard hardness test ‘Tolerance of Repetition of block (HBW) displayed value% | displayed value% <125 43 3 125225 #2 2 4.9 Optical system (Table 4) x Table 4 Eyepiece | Objective | Total Amplifications | Resolution a Le 20% 1.25pm 20 ot 2 hia 40% 0.625pm 4.10 Appearance parameters: Overall dimensions (H*D»W): (890«535*260) mm ‘Maximum height of specimen allowed: 260 mm Distance between the point of the indenter and the exterior panel: 150 mm. Weight: 160 kg Power and voltage: AC 220V/I10V+5%, 50~60 Hz Five. Installation of the Instrument 5.1 Operational Conditions Room temperature within 10~30 °C. Relative room humidity inferior to 65%; Place level on a stable table. In an environment without any shock or vibration; In a surrounding without any corrosive medium. (450) a - Ss.NSS “OQ EO _———————— a. | 5.2 Unpacking and Installation © Cut the packing bett, es out the shockproof cushion, screw Out be ee at the bottom with wrench and the instrument is separated from the bottom plate (safety first); Take out the instrument and the accessories kit (Fig.1); ‘ © Place the instrument on the prepared solid working table, suggest the height 450mm; (for the construction of the table, see Fig,2); Unpack the gauze band wrapped on the lifting screw and the hand eel Take off the dust-protecting cover of the eyepiece tube and take the eyepiece out of the accessories kit and then put it into the eyepiece tube. And then put the plug into the 5-hole socket on the right side of the main body; © Install the test table on the ling serew. Six. Introduction to the Interface Conversion scale 6.1 Main Interface (Fig.3) DIGITAL BRINELL HARDMESS TESTER Dwell time adjust Set zero, press twice to confirm,th Test force application key. When the whole test force is removed (the indenter is separated from specimen), if there is still remainders in the test force, press this key to set zero (the residual force value will influence the accuracy) FORCE — Press this key to open the page (Table 5), select the test force and the ball = indenter, and press the key to confirm and return to the main page. Tables Test Foree /Indenter Diameter Square 30 15 10 1000 100 250 | 128 | 625 2.5mm as EXIT I HBW — Press this button to show the data storage page (Table 6) sae SAVE PRINT UP DOWN DEL a oe a ca a | | | u | a | 2 | 3 B | | 04 1 | | 05 15; | 06 16 o7 17 08 18 0 att 10 20 MAX AV MIN No EXITThis page contains: D1/D2 — Diameter of the indentation (mm) HBW — the measured hardness value MAX — the Max. value of the hardness test AV — the average value of the hardness test MIN — the Min, value of the hardness test No— Test number © When you need to save this page, press “SAVE” Key ina es automatically numbered and saved as document forms and then ee page you can save is up to 6 ( 00 page ~ 05 page ), when you se en i, page, it will automatically overflow the first page. Each page can store 20 sets of data, It will cancel the saved page data after shutdown. © Press the “UP” and “DOWN? key to turn over the pages to check the data you have saved. © Press “EXIT” to return to the main interface without saving this page. Seven. How to Carry Out the Test 7.1 Selection of Test Parameter © Tum on the power switch, it shows the boot page, press “Welcome” key and it shows the main interface (Fig.3). At this time the main page shows the default selection of the test parameters. © Modify the test parameter on the main interface: Dwell time of the test force ~} Adjustment of the light source © Press “FORCE” key to open the page (Fig.5) to select the test scale, confirm it and return to the main interface, © Press to select the conversion scale and return to the main interface 7.2 Zero-setting of Eyepiece Input Button y Eye Guard Eyepiece E i y 4 z 5 L| 2 : 3 £ 5 Fig. 4 z &© Rotate the eye guard (Fig.4) to enable two graduated lines clearly observed in the eyepiece (Fig.5) © Rotate the left and right drum wheel to enable as : inner side edges of two graduated lines move \ \ closely without limit between them, the light slot \-H] between graduated lines become smaller and \. - smaller till reaching critical state with no light slot FigS Figs (Fig.6), Press “D CLR” key to set D1 zero in the main interface. © Rotate the left and right drum wheel to separate two graduated lines. 7.3 Start to Test © After the preparation work, if the test force window has reminder, press “CLR” key. © Place the specimen on the test table and then rotate the hand wheel to raise the table to focus. Put one of the eyes close to the eyepiece to observe, when the specimen comes into the distance of 12mm, it is very close to the focusing plane. ‘At this time raise the test table up slowly until the surface texture clear in the eyepiece, which means the focus is successful. © Press LL key, the instrument starts to test, the turret automatically rotates and the corresponding indenter (Table 5) will tum to front: + The instrument loads the test force automatically, the displayed window shows the applied test force; + After loading the test force, dwell time starts, dwell time countdown to zero; ~The instrument automatically unloads the testing force; + After test force applying is completed, the corresponding objective tums to the front of work position automatically. 7.4 Measurement of Indentation Observe the indentation in the eyepiece, Fine tuning the lifting screw to focus until the image quality of indentation become clearly. Rotate the left drum wheel to enable Fig.7 Figs the inner side of left graduated line 10: ion (Fig.7). This operation tangent to the let tip of the diagonal line of the indentation Fig makes the two graduated lines move together. © Rotate the right drum wheel to enable the inner side o : to the right tip of the diagonal line of the indentation (Fis. ) b © Press the input button on the eyepiece, the soreen shows cursor m¢ h ited to input. ‘oves to D2 which is requit entation. During the turning Tum the eyepiece clockwise 90° and observe the int inner side of the eyepiece tube right graduated line tangent value and then the operation, the eyepiece should move along the ii without any space between them, otherwise it would affect the accuracy of the measurement. © Rotate the left and right drum wheel to make the upper and lower graduated lines tangent to the tips of the indentation. Press the input button on the eyepiece to input D2 value, the system calculates hardness value automatically and shows testing results automatically as well. This indentation measurement is completed. NOTE: The instrument has memory for setting the zero. It is necessary to reset the zero only when the instrument is re-started after it is closed. When new operator comes, please set the zero so as to keep the accuracy for the measurement. 7.5 If the test number N=, the testing result can be outputted by the printer (Table 6). 7.6 If the measurement is not correct, please open Table 6 and press key to delete, return to the main interface and repeat to measure again, 7.7 If requires to observe larger vision field on the specimen, turn 1% ‘objective into the front of the instrument, Note: In the conversion use of 2 objectives, the focusing surface will has alittle change, trim the lifting crew to focus clearly 7.8 The hardness test should be well-dstributed on the specimen, Distance of two adjacent indentation centers should not be less than'3 times of the indentation diameter; Distance of indentation center tothe specimen edge should not be less than 2.5 times of the indentation diameter. Otherwise, the indentation will appear asymmetric phenomenon and the measured hardness Value will be not correct. diameter difference on two vertical directions and the wee at greater than 1%. jould not be 7.9 Bach indentation diameter is measured on two vertical d u7.10When the indentation observed in the eyepiece is too large or too small to measure precisely, it is necessary to re-select the scale according to the thickness and size of the material (Table 5) to suit the requirements of the measurement. Eight. Cautions NOTE: Dwell time of test force: 10~15 seconds for ferrous metal, 30 seconds for non-ferrous metal, 60 seconds for those hardness value is less than 35HBW. 8.1 The ball indenter © Inorder to assure the precision of the measurement, it is important to keep the indenter clean. If t is covered with grease or dust, it should be cleaned carefully with wiping paper. 8.2 The eyepiece © Owing to the difference of the personal visions, the graduated lines observed in the vision field of the objective may seem vague. And accordingly, the observer should adjust the lens in front of the objective according to his personal visional line so as to make the graduated line observed in the vision field clear. Refer to the method of zero-setting above. 8.3 The specimen © In the production of the specimen, should pay attention, don’t let the specimen overheat during the process, to avoid the influence of surface test by work hardening. The surface of the specimen must be clean. There can’t be dirty, oxide skin, pits or significant processing trace to ensure that the diameter of indentation can be accurately measured, © The specimen should be stably put on the test table and can’t be moved or distorted during the test. The test force must be vertically applied on the specimen. © The minimum thickness of the specimen should be more than10 times the depth of the indentation. There can’t be visual deformation traces on the back of specimen after testing. © Minimum Thickness of the Specimen (Table 7) 2Min, Thickness of! ‘Specimen, 5 Table7 Ball Diameter as Indentation a — : a 7 0.08 Soe 3 0.18 04 os 04 06 nt = 07, 2 a 05 0.53 n 067 x 083 re) as 12 | saa re ta 7 1.46 tes ts Ln A 1s : co cs 1.05 7 1.19 18 i 2 1s 1.67 z 2.04 24 2.46 = 2.6 ue z 3.43 = : 1.84 32. : 34 : : 2.68 i ; 42, = 44 z 46 fa 48 = 491 : 536 5A ss 6 ss 58 eo 6 Ss [eines @ | BNine. Accessories (The Packing List) Deseripti . Item eo Specification Quantity No, Name 1 | Hardness tester 1 piece Total 3 2 | Ball indenter $10, #5, 25 Main pieces Instrument Total 2 3 | Objective ry pieces 4 | Printer I piece 5 | Accessory box 1 piece 6 | Measuring eyepiece 20% I piece 7 | V-shaped testing table 1 piece 8 | Big plane testing table * I piece 9 | Small plane testing table L piece ‘Accessories | 19 _ | Dust-proof plastic bag 1 piece 11 _| Inner hexagon spanner3mm I piece 12__| Power cord L piece 13. | Spare fuse 2A 2 pisces 14 _ | Brinell hardness test block (150~250) HBW3000/10 I piece 15 _ | Brinell hardness test block (150~250) HBW750/5 1 piece Documents | 16 _| Usage instruction manual figiece 4