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BALL BRINELL TESTER [1 record]

Record 1 2015-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Machinery
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
CONT

The Brinell machine presses a hardened steel or tungsten carbide ball 1cm in diameter into the surface of the material with a load of 3,000 kg or 500 kg.

CONT

In the Brinell machine, the ball diameter is fixed, but there are other machines based on the same principle in which the ball has a different diameter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
CONT

Les différents types de machines Brinell diffèrent par la façon dont est réalisée la pression exercée sur le système bille-métal à essayer.

OBS

Il existe des machines spéciales pour la détermination de la dureté Brinell.

Spanish

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