Automated device for determining and evaluating the mechanical properties of materials
US4699000A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 17, 1986 |
| Grant date | Oct 13, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2203/0641
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A device and method are described for measuring and evaluating mechanical properties such as microhardness of a material. The present invention conveniently incorporates commercially available hardness testing equipment but modifies it to permit continuous evaluation and measurement of the displacement of the stylus used to indent the sample being tested. By simultaneously monitoring displacement, load applied to the stylus and time values relating to the mechanical properties of the material such as wear, fatigue and tensile strength are obtained.
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