Hardness Test on Extra Fine Wire by Shimadzu DUH-W201S Dynamic Ultra Micro Hardness Tester

Introduction

A well-known method of testing the hardness of micro- diameter wire is to grind the test surface of the wire specimen imbedded in resin and test the cross-section area of the wire. Though the hardness test by imbedding the specimen in resin is reliable, it is not a simple method since it involves imbedding the specimen in resin and grinding the specimen. The following introduces an example of a hardness test performed using the Shimadzu Dynamic Ultra Micro Hardness Tester without using the resin- imbedded method.

November 4, 2010 GMT