Innovatest Falcon 5000 hardness tester now available from Bowers

The Bowers Group has launched the Innovatest Falcon 5000 hardness tester into the UK market. The Falcon 5000 offers Knoop and low force Brinell scales, as well as upgrade options to standards of superficial Rockwell, regular Rockwell and higher force Brinell hardness scales.

Offering an automatic co-ordinate pattern and freestyle testing of metallic and plastic parts, the Falcon 5000 boasts servo-driven tester force actuators with a descending test head, allowing test forces from 10 up to 250 kgf.

Bowers says that the Falcon 5000’s eight-position turret is the first in the industry to have a standard built-in laser positioning system. The turret also contains two HD cameras with automatic focus and an optical zoom system, allowing viewing at the position of the indenter.