Hardness gauges offer unmatched performance
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Guaranteed for three years, Bowers' NEXUS 4000 range of Micro/Macro/Vickers hardness testers offer high consistency and "unmatched repeatability" through state-of-the-art, closed-loop load cell technology, and a patent-pending force feedback system.
The company claims that the advanced new range gives the user unmatched speed of operation and the highest possible system accuracy.
Eliminating weights and complex mechanical control systems, the Nexus 4000 uses recently developed sensor technology to create a new industry standard for Vickers hardness testing. The advanced closed-loop system applies force, calculates, filters and controls digital data in a 32-bit embedded CPU system.
The three tester options available, classed by load application, are the NEXUS 4301 covering 1kgf to 30kgf, the NEXUS 4302, 300gf to 30kg, and the NEXUS 4303, 50gf to 30kgf. The four-position turret testers can be customised by the use of a wide choice of indentors, objectives, stages or Video systems, meeting the specific needs of all users.
The units feature a test force accuracy < +/-1% across the full range; a display resolution of 0.1 HV or HK; hardness conversions to Rockwell C, Rockwell B, Rockwell A, Brinell, Leeb; and statistical calculations, including total test, max, min, average, range and standard deviation.
All hardness readings can be downloaded to data collection devices, printers and computers, while hard copy results can be delivered by the testers' integral, high-speed thermal printers.
