Every size and thickness is measurable.
TKX-10 is able to measure large parts of any thickness from 48.70 μm (0.002 in.) according to ASTM E3246. This is a great advantage because it overcomes the limitations of common UCI and LEEB hardness testers that are very constrained to a much higher minimum thickness and mass of the test piece.
The minimum thickness required by Leeb is 15 mm (0.59 In.) and 1.5 kg mass (just for the LEEB C scale). While, Ultrasonic hardness (UCI) requires 0.3 kg minimum mass and 5mm (0.2 In.) minimum thickness.
Instead, TKX-10 is able to measure any material such as aluminium, brass, bronze, stainless steel, chrome-plated surfaces of any size: from sheets to much larger metal blocks as fittings for the oil & gas industry.
This universality is ensured without changing the indenter: it is in fact equipped with a diamant indenter that ensures precise measurements in any condition.
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Don’t let gravity limit you
Thanks to the technology used, TKX-10 is able to perform Rockwell tests in any direction, even upside down. The only caution is the perpendicularity to the object to be tested.
This plus is given by both the integration of the Rockwell Method as the main working principle of the instrument, and the electronic functionality designed ad hoc to ensure a truly universal use. TKX-10 is in fact equipped with an integrated electronics that can also be used in combination with our Axiotek software that can be easily downloaded.
We developed AXIOSTAT software just to give you the ability to view hardness results wherever you want, and process them as you like. It is inded possible to:
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The reliability and accuracy of the original Rockwell method
Unlike other portable hardness testers that rely on different hardness calculation methods from Rockwell (e.g. Leeb and UCI), TKX-10 has a working principle strictly faithful to that of Rockwell.
What does that mean?
The results obtained are less susceptible to inaccuracies resulting from the conversion of the results into non complementary analysis methods such as the UCI and LEEB methods.
In fact, they use a substantially different operating principle: the UCI measures ultrasound, while the Leeb measures the collision. This is what makes the conversion into Rockwell values a simple “Estimated comparison between different values” [see ASTM E140-12B(2019)e1]
The measuring principle of TKX-10 is exactly the same used on traditional stationary Rockwell hardness testers, obviously the applied force is much lower, because it is applied manually.
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