Manufacturers leverage metal hardness tests to determine the material’s tensile strength, elasticity, and plasticity.
These factors indicate its resistance or susceptibility to mechanical wear and tear for different applications.
Metals must often withstand pressure or extreme temperature during its application use, and hardness testing is an ideal way to determine whether the component can perform.
Because of this, hardness testing is often critical during quality control. Knowing a material’s hardness can also help judge whether additional strengthening measures such as heat treatment are required.
Being the most cost-effective method, the Rockwell Hardness test is widely employed for measuring indentation hardness.
