1.Application:
Hba-1 Portable Barcol Hardness Tester is an indentation hardness tester.
The operation is easy, quick and almost non-destructive. The test is as simple as one press.
It is a convenient tool for testing the hardness of aluminum, aluminum alloys and fiber reinforced
plastics, which conforms to American Standard ASTM B648.
Barcol Hardness Tester is mainly used to test the hardness of aluminum and aluminum alloys, to test
the hardness of other soft metals and glass fibre reinforced plastic products.
It can also be used to test the hardness of extra large, extra wide, extra thick work pieces, and to test
the hardness of boards, belt materials, section materials, forgings and castings etc.
Barcol Hardness Tester is commonly used as supplement of Webster Hardness Testers. It is usually
used when test the hardness of pure aluminum, low hard aluminum alloys and extra large, extra thick materials.
2.Specification:
| Model | Hba-1 |
| Testing Range | 0~100HBa (25~150HBW) |
| Resolution | 0.5HBa |
| Indenter | 26° pan head cone, head face diameter 0.176mm |
| Error | ≤±1~2HBa |
| Indication Error | Hardness range: 45~55HBa ±2HBa, Hardness range 84~88HBa ±1HBa |
| Repeatability Error | Hardness range 45~55HBa ±2HBa, Hardness range 84~88HBa ±1HBa |
| Weight | 0.50 KG |
3.Features:
3.1.Hba-1 Portable Barcol Hardness Tester is a portable indentation hardness tester.
3.2.Single hand operation, operating experience required can test any operating experience whitch
is reachable in any site.
3.3.Wide valid testing range equivalent to Brinell hardness 25-150HBW, used to test the hardness of
all kinds of aluminum from very soft aluminum to very hard alloys.
3.4.Hba-1 Portable Barcol Hardness Tester has a wide range of application. Model 934-1 can be
used to test aluminum and aluminum alloys, copper and copper alloys, glass fiber reinforced
plastics, rigid plastics, etc. The improved type can be used to test lead, tin and other soft metal,
and flexible plastics, rubber, felt, leather, and so on.
3.5.With 100 scales, our Hba-1 Portable Barcol Hardness Tester is of higher sensitivity than
commonly used Webster hardness testers in aluminum alloy industry.
3.6.It could finish the testing work on one side of the workpiece, without trouble of moving or
supporting the workpiece. Due to this feature, the hardness tester can be used to test extra large,
extra thick workpieces and assembly parts.
3.7.By use of the conversion table, the test results can be easily converted to HB, HR, HV and HW.
3.8.It meets the requirement of ASTM B648-2000 standard.
4.Standard Package:
4.1. Tester.
4.2. Standard testing blocks.
4.3. Calibration wrench.
4.4. Spare penetrators.