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Hardness Indenters

Brinell hardness indenter (Durómetro Brinell penetrador, Medidor de dureza Brinell penetrador, Teste de dureza Brinell Penetrador, pénétrateur Duromètre Brinell) is made by steel ball or hard alloy ball, with the diameters at 10mm, 5mm and 2.5mm.

Rockwell hardness indenter (pénétrateur de dureté Rockwell, Testeur de dureté Rockwell, Probador de la dureza de Rockwell, Verificador da dureza Rockwell) is made by diamond, with coning angle at 120°, top ball radius is 0.2mm, used in the hardness testing of HRA and HRC.

Another Rockwell hardness indenter is made by steel ball, the diameters separately at 1.588mm (for HRB, HRF, HRG and HRJ), diameter at 3.175mm (For HRE, HRH, and HRK), diameter at 6.35mm (for HRL and HRM), and diameter at 12.7mm (for HRR).

Vickers hardness indenter (Verificador da dureza Vickers, Probador de la dureza Vickers, Testeur de dureté Vickers, Dureza Vickers indentador) is made by diamond, with Square pyramid shape at angle 136°between two adjacent sides.