Almost every type of material can be examined using microhardness procedures, including ceramics, metals, composites, and others. Vickers tests can be used for a variety of purposes because the test indentation is too small; examples include measuring individual microstructures, testing extremely thin materials like foils, determining the surface of one small part or several smaller parts, or determining the depth of case hardening by segmenting a portion and making a series of indentations to define a profile of the change in hardness.

According to the Vickers hardness test method, test material is indented using a diamond indenter in the correct pyramidal shape with a square base at an angle of 136 degrees with respect to a weight of 1 to 100 kgf. Typically, the full load is applied for 10 to 15 seconds.

NextGen’s Macro Vickers Hardness Tester – Analogue, Digital and Digital with CCD Optical Analysis uses the following loading method: Automatically – Load, dwell and unload the testing force.

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