Portable Hardness Testers

For companies with very different samples – from massive castings with rough surfaces (Leeb) to thin-walled and small parts, grooves and gear teeth (UCI).

For quality control of metal parts directly in production or on site, when large or hard-to-transport products cannot be taken to the laboratory.

For workshops and inspection departments that need an inexpensive portable instrument for small, thin-walled or complex-shaped parts (gears, bearings, welds, nitrided and carburised layers) where the Leeb method is not suitable.

For inspection services where documentation matters: each measuring point is captured with a photo, and results are exported to a PC.

Versatile portable solution for inspectors and metal warehouses: solid parts, castings and forgings – with the Leeb probe; thin, small, complex-shaped parts and hardened layers – with the UCI probe.

For foundries, forges, metal warehouses and assembly sites where heavy (>5 kg, >10 mm) parts are tested with minimal surface preparation. No special skills required.

For inspection in openings, grooves and between structural elements where a standard D probe does not fit. Minimal surface preparation, low sensitivity to grain structure.

For inspection companies and manufacturers of large structures that need Leeb measurements with documentation, statistics and different probes (D, DC, DL, C, G, D+15, E) for various geometries and weights.

For mobile inspectors and metal warehouses where minimum weight and reports from a phone matter: reports with text, photos, audio and video recordings, one-tap sharing, cloud synchronisation.

For professional laboratory and field testing when both stand-alone operation without a phone and full NOVOTEST Lab analysis are needed.

For on-site Rockwell hardness testing, especially of large and hard-to-move parts (castings, shafts, structures).

For measuring the hardness of metals where conventional testers cannot reach: gears, couplings, cavities, welds and the heat-affected zone (HAZ), as well as assembled units.

For standard Brinell hardness (100–700 HB) measurement on site – on small surfaces, in all positions, on parts of any shape and size, including hard-to-reach locations.

Rugged portable hardness tester for the UCI and Leeb methods – for welds, heat-treated parts and parts that are difficult to access.

Simplified version of the SONODUR 3 for Leeb hardness measurements only – the same probes and the same accuracy.

Manual, motorised and guided UCI probes, Bluetooth and cabled Leeb probes, stands and hardness reference blocks.