No. 99MBG127A
4.1.1 Operation flow of hardness test ........................................................................................... 4-1
4.1.2 Turn on the power of the Manual main unit. ....................................................................... 4-2
4.1.3 Placement of specimen ......................................................................................................... 4-3
4.1.3.1 Placement of specimen in Manual XY stage ................................................................ 4-4
4.1.3.2 Placement of specimen in standard vise (special accessory)................................... 4-4
4.1.4 Indentation measurement with Measuring microscope .................................................... 4-6
4.1.4.1 Zero-reset of Measuring microscope ........................................................................... 4-6
4.1.4.2 Indentation measurement at Vickers hardness test ................................................... 4-7
4.1.4.3 Indentation measurement when testing Knoop hardness ......................................... 4-8
4.1.4.4 Indentation measurement at fracture toughness test ................................................ 4-9
4.1.5 Completion of hardness test ............................................................................................... 4-11
4.2 Outline .......................................................................................................................................... 4-12
4.2.1 Vickers hardness ................................................................................................................. 4-13
4.2.1.1 What is Vickers hardness ............................................................................................ 4-13
4.2.1.2 Hardness scale ............................................................................................................. 4-14
4.2.2 Knoop hardness .................................................................................................................. 4-15
4.2.2.1 What is Knoop hardness ............................................................................................. 4-15
4.2.2.2 Hardness scale ............................................................................................................. 4-16
4.2.3 Fracture toughness test ...................................................................................................... 4-17
4.2.3.1 What is fracture toughness test .................................................................................. 4-17
5 Operation and various settings ........................................................................................................ 5-1
5.1 Touch panel screen flow ............................................................................................................... 5-1
5.2 SETUP 1 .......................................................................................................................................... 5-2
5.2.1 Conversion setting (CONVERSION) .................................................................................... 5-2
5.2.2 OK/NG judgment setting (JUDGEMENT) ............................................................................. 5-4
5.2.3 Output setting (OUTPUT) ...................................................................................................... 5-6
5.3 SETUP 2 .......................................................................................................................................... 5-8
5.3.1 Surface correction setting (SURFACE) ............................................................................... 5-9
5.3.2 Reading correction setting (CORRECT) ............................................................................. 5-11
5.3.3 Fracture toughness test setting (IFM) ............................................................................... 5-14
5.4 Data processing setting .............................................................................................................. 5-16
5.4.1 Measuring points setting (NUMBER) ................................................................................. 5-17
5.4.2 List of statistics (STATISTICS) ........................................................................................... 5-19
5.4.3 Data edit (DATA EDIT) .......................................................................................................... 5-20
5.5 Environment setting of testing machine ................................................................................... 5-24
5.5.1 Indenter setting (INDENTER) .............................................................................................. 5-25
5.5.2 Setting the Objective lens (OBJ) ........................................................................................ 5-27
5.5.3 Environment setting (Software DIP switch) ...................................................................... 5-28
5.5.4 Displaying unit setting (STAGE)......................................................................................... 5-28
5.5.5 Data storage setting (SAVE) ............................................................................................... 5-29
5.5.5.1 Restoration of backup data ......................................................................................... 5-29
5.5.5.2 Backup data error ......................................................................................................... 5-30
5.5.6 Language setting in the operation box (LANGUAGE) ..................................................... 5-32