{"id":199,"count":0,"description":"<strong>Hardness testing<\/strong> is one of the fastest and most economical ways to check heat treatment, coatings and compliance with drawing requirements. UAB \u201eMatavimo technologijos\u201c offers four manufacturers for different tasks: <strong>QATM<\/strong> (Austria) \u2013 laboratory and production benchtop hardness testers; <strong>CISAM-Ernst<\/strong> (Italy) \u2013 benchtop, portable and automatic Rockwell, Brinell and Esatest\u00ae testers; <strong>Foerster<\/strong> (Germany) \u2013 SONODUR UCI hardness testers, both portable and for automated lines; and <strong>NOVOTEST<\/strong> \u2013 portable hardness testers for on-site testing.\r\nWhich method to choose:\r\n\r\n<strong>Rockwell (ISO 6508, ASTM E18)<\/strong> \u2013 fast production control: the result is read directly from the indentation depth and a cycle takes seconds. Suitable for heat-treated parts, tubes and series testing.\r\n<strong>Vickers \/ Knoop (ISO 6507, ISO 4545, ASTM E92, ASTM E384)<\/strong> \u2013 micro and macro hardness from 0.25 gf: coatings, case hardening depth (CHD), nitriding hardness depth (NHD), weld zones, metallographic sections.\r\n<strong>Brinell (ISO 6506, ASTM E10)<\/strong> \u2013 castings, forgings, coarse-grained and inhomogeneous materials, large samples; the indentation is evaluated optically (XLED objectives, Qmobile EVO).\r\n<strong>UCI method (ASTM A1038)<\/strong> and <strong>Leeb method (ASTM A956, ISO 16859)<\/strong> \u2013 on-site testing with a portable instrument: UCI for thin-walled, small and complex parts, Leeb for massive parts with rough surfaces.\r\n\r\n<strong>Benchtop or portable?<\/strong> A benchtop tester gives a standardised, traceable result, automated test series and reports; a portable one gives a quick check where the part cannot be moved.\r\n<strong>What to include in your enquiry:<\/strong> the material and expected hardness range, the required methods and load range, sample size \/ weight \/ height, whether you need CHD\/NHD series, 2D\/3D hardness maps and automation (multi-sample stage, remote control, LIMS\/ERP connection), and calibration certificates (DAkkS, ILAC ISO\/IEC 17025).","link":"https:\/\/m-technologijos.lt\/en\/iranga\/hardness-testing\/","name":"Hardness Testing","slug":"hardness-testing","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"z_taxonomy_image_url":"https:\/\/m-technologijos.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/main-hardness-qness-60AplusEVO-10e17enzhv9eg4s-1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/m-technologijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/m-technologijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/m-technologijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/m-technologijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=199"},{"href":"https:\/\/m-technologijos.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/products?categories=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}