Component manufacturers across the manufacturing spectrum—such as in automotive, aerospace, electronics, medical, energy and other fields—must ensure that their parts meet engineers’ specifications. In addition to metrology, mechanical testing and nondestructive testing methods, among others, hardness testing is an important method of testing part quality.
Material hardness testing gauges a material’s strength by measuring how well it stands up to penetration efforts. Because this form of testing shows how easily part materials can be machined and how long they will resist wear, it is helpful to engineers as they design parts.