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Rockwell hardness Tester

Specificutions
MODEL RASN
Major Load 60,100,1 5OKgf
Minor Load
10Kg
Max. Test Height 222mm
Depth of Throat : 130mm
with main screw proVided
P o the apparatus: Closed circuit consists of cast iron body.
ne homent of table. Weights are placed under hydraulic dash-noint with a lever in contact,
and to the
time controller is
provided at the end of lever, which transmits the pressure on plunger
Work piece. Main screw is çovered by a telescopic cover ta-pretect-it from dust and damages wnmie
handling. Load selector is provided for selection of load for different materials and ditterent
indentors. Indentors cover for protecting the indentor while handling.

Pivot vee
Main Screw
Load Hanger
Dial Gauge
Load Selector Gear
tachment
Indentor

Indentor Holder
Load
Lock

Testing Table

Main Screw
cover(Telescopic cover)
Handle for movernent of
table up and down

Carn fitted
loading lever

Plunger Plunger ball with spring

Spring
Dash pot

th Level adjusting legs

Fig.: Rockwell Hardness Testing Machine

 BMS Institute of
Technology &Mgmt Denatment of Mechanical Engineering,

Procedure:
I: belore conducting the experiment clean the work surface.
worktable and make sure the
machine is in unload condition.
Depehding on the material to be tested. select the indentor and load with reterence to the
standard chart.
3. Fix the
indentor and set the load by using load selector.
ene testing material on the worktable and rotate the handle of the main screw
in
clockwise so that table moves in
upward direction.
OKotate the handle until the small needle in the scale
the load by rotating the load lever
indicator reaches the set point. Appy
from unload to load position.
0. Wait until the big needle in the
scale comes to comnplete rest position, release the load by
rotating the load lever from load position to
unload position.
I. The number where the big needle rests after
releasing the load is the hardness number or
that material.
S. Remove the material by rotating the handle of the main
screw in anticlock wise direction.
9. Hardness numbers of
different materials are found by using same procedure.
Rockwell hardness standards tests, testing
machines, calibration
STHE 13-20, Sandad Test Mathods for Racknel Hardnes and Rockoel Supehicia Hrdnes t letalik
aterids.

Machires, 199-09-J1

reence locis, 1990-01

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iron.
case malleable 100 .Aluminium,
steel!. etc. metals. than
hardened iron, deep pearlitic bearing iron haraness
malleable titanium, alloys. hardermalleable
scale. metals. cupronickel etc materials Rockwell
case iron, and and steel irons,
hardened materials
shallow alloys, malleable Rockwellsteel, aloys, sheet
B metals HRH
and aluminum hardened magnesium soft and malleable pearliticbearing irons
soft direct
the thin copper-nickel-zinc other
steel, pearlitic
on very
thin steels, 100 case and
and shallow
case and malleable the
alloys, alloys,and alloys,metals other
carbides, soft irons,than medium aluminum Hardness
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include
harder copper and
alloys, cast and irons, aluminiumhardened sheet
magnesium
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and soft
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steel thin beryllium tÉme
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588.4kgf) 980.7
N 1471
N 980.7
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kgf) Spheroconical
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98.07kgf) 98.07 Typical
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