Heat treatment is an essential technique for influencing workpiece characteristics. Several industries focus on reliable part design to avoid breaking parts, e.g. by decreasing material weight and ...

Technical ceramics are utilized in a variety of products and also for coatings of components that have to be highly wear- or temperature-resistant. They are also used in non-conductive or ...

AURORA, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitutoyo America Corporation is pleased to announce the release of the HR-600 Hardness Tester into its line of precision measuring instruments. The HR-600 Series ...

Engineers rely on facts to make decisions. These materials engineering students, in their MEE-312-L lab, measure the hardness of a bacon-strip-sized slab of copper in a reader. To make the metal ...

When designing metal parts, it's important to specify their hardness. However, many engineers have only a shaky understanding of what hardness actually is, or how it's measured. There are good reasons ...