Buehler’s Offers a deep dive into its Wilson Hardness Tester Line and Tours of its Facilities in this Two-Day Educational Program covering Fundamentals, Troubleshooting and Software for Hardness Testing.
Welcome!
Thank you for your interest in Buehler’s Wilson Hardness. This webpage captures our first Hardness Days program. It provided an immersion into Hardness Testing, Calibration, the new Hardness Testers and DiaMet™ Software. Hardness Days 2020 celebrated the centennial anniversary of Wilson, a legacy name and forerunner in
hardness testing equipment.
Wilson Hardness Days – Program Replay
Sponsored by Buehler, the Manufacturer of the Wilson Hardness Tester Line
Julien Noel, Buehler General Manager
Hardness Equipment Overview & New Products
Matthias Pascher, Hardness Product Manager
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Wilson Hardness Equipment Overview & New Products
Learn about Wilson Hardness and an overview of the Wilson hardness testing equipment. Buehler’s Hardness Expert focuses on the new Universal UH4250 hardness tester and new automated Rockwell R2150 hardness along with the DiaMet™ software.
Fundamentals of Hardness Testing
Dr. Evans Mogire, EU Laboratory & Technology Manager
Dr. Mogire provides an introduction to hardness testing, including its development and common uses. He outlines the principles of hardness testing techniques, how they work and core requirements for using them.
Test Blocks - Best Practices with Daily & Indirect Verification
Sandra Brosious, Metallurgical & Quality Control Supervisor for Test Block Lab
Mike Connor, Senior Service Technician
Test Block and Calibration experts discuss the issues related to the manufacturing and calibration of hardness test blocks and their use in daily verification. In particular, details concerning accreditation, metrological traceability, and hardness standards are discussed.
Demonstrations of DiaMet™ Hardness Software
Doug Ngai, Hardness Applications Engineer
Dr. Evans Mogire, EU Laboratory & Technology Manager
Automated Hardness Testing is driving a revolution in efficient quality control evaluation. The following demonstrations by our DiaMet experts show different applications; they detail how the software allows us to improve speed and reproducibility, creating confidence in testing and efficiency in the hardness testing process. Select each one:
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Heat Treated Materials and Case Hardened Depth
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Hardness Mapping: Additive Manufactured and Welds
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Coating Testing: All about the Indents
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Hardness Testing of Welds
Best Practices for Hardness Testing
Dr. Mike Keeble, US Laboratory & Technology Manager
Dr. Keeble discusses the commonly used hardness testing techniques. Also presented are the best practice guidelines for hardness testing and an outline of common problems, how to recognize them and how to avoid them.