Portable Hardness Testers
Portable hardness testing verifies heat treatment, confirms material grade and checks for in-service hardening on components too large or too fixed to bring to a bench tester. Three methods cover most New Zealand work, and choosing between them comes down to the part rather than the budget.
Leeb rebound testing is the fastest and suits heavy sections - castings, forgings, large weldments. The instrument fires an impact body at the surface and measures rebound velocity, so it needs sufficient mass behind the test point to give a valid reading. Our QualiTip Plus, QualiTip II-Plus and QualiTip III Portable Hardness Testers all work this way, differing in material range and display.
UCI ultrasonic testing works where Leeb does not: thin sections, small parts, hardened surface layers and anything where the component is too light to give a clean rebound. The UCI-1100H Portable Ultrasonic Durometer Hardness Tester and UCI-4000 Dynasonic Leeb Ultrasonic Hardness Tester cover manual application, while the Motorised UCI-4100DH Leeb Ultrasonic Hardness Tester and Portable Motorised Leeb Ultrasonic Hardness Tester UCI-4100DM apply consistent load automatically, which removes most of the operator variability the method is known for.
Webster testers take a different approach again, using a mechanical clamp calibrated for one material. The Model B-75 covers mild steel and brass, the Model BB-75 is for copper, and the Model B suits aluminium alloys and extrusions. For rigid plastics and composites, our Barcol testers apply the same principle to non-metals.
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Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge QTG IV - Steel, Pipe & Metal Walls
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View full detailsQualiCTT-602 Wireless Concrete Thickness Tester – Slab & Wall
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View full detailsQualiNDT-UT81 Concrete Ultrasonic Tester – Pulse Velocity (UPV)
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View full detailsPortable Ultrasonic Hardness Tester UCI-1100H – UCI Durometer
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View full detailsPortable Motorised Leeb & Ultrasonic Hardness Tester UCI-4100DH
QualitestWith 5Kgf HP-5K Manual Probe The UCI-4100DH is a versatile, portable hardness tester built around a dual testing approach - combining ultrasonic co...
View full detailsPortable Motorised Leeb & Ultrasonic Hardness Tester UCI-4100DM
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View full detailsDynasonic Leeb & Ultrasonic Hardness Tester UCI-4000 – Dual Method
QualitestThe Dynasonic Ultrasonic Hardness Tester UCI-4000 is a versatile portable hardness tester built around a dual testing method - combining ultrasonic...
View full detailsWebster Hardness Tester Model B-75 for Mild Steel & Brass
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View full detailsWebster Hardness Tester Model BB-75 for Copper
QualitestWebster Model BB-75 for Copper The Model BB-75 Webster Hardness Tester was built to answer a specific industry need - a fast way to test the hardne...
View full detailsWebster Hardness Tester Model B for Aluminium Alloys
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View full detailsQualiTip II-Plus Portable Leeb Rebound Hardness Tester
QualitestThe QualiTip II-Plus is an advanced Leeb's rebound-type digital hardness tester for metals, built around solid accuracy, a wide measuring range, an...
View full detailsQualiTip Plus Digital Portable Leeb Rebound Hardness Tester
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View full detailsTR-200 Plus Portable Surface Roughness Tester – Machined Finishes
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View full detailsQualiCRH-2000D Digital Concrete Rebound Hammer – Schmidt Type
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View full detailsQualiHBA II Digital Barcol Hardness Tester – Aluminium & Composites
QualitestThe Barcol Hardness Tester - also known as the Barcol Impressor® (a registered trademark of InstruCon Inc.) - is a widely used portable instrument ...
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