Akashi Corporation

Kabushiki Kaisha Akashi

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Yuichi Minami

Masaru Kawazoe

Takeaki Iida

Yasunori Sato

Mitsuru Oda

Junichi Arai

Minoru Kawasaki

Shinji Kato

Kazuhiko Mori

Soya Takagi

An impression forming mechanism comprises; an arm with an indentor for forming an impression on a surface of a sample, and an arm operating part for operating the arm in order to apply a force to the sample, wherein the arm operating part is disposed below the arm.

Impression forming mechanism and hardness testing apparatus

A rebound-type hardness tester comprises a tubular member and an indenter hammer for undergoing axial movement therein in forward and rearward directions and for impacting a specimen and rebounding therefrom. A first detecting device detects the indenter hammer during movement thereof in the forward and rearward directions. A second detecting device detects the indenter hammer after detection thereof by the first detection device during movement of the indenter hammer in the forward direction, and detects the indenter hammer before detection thereof by the first detection device during movement of the indenter hammer in the rearward direction. A measuring device measures first and second timing values corresponding to different times elapsed from the detection of the indenter hammer by the first and second detection devices. A calculating device calculates an impacting velocity and a rebounding velocity of the indenter hammer in accordance with the first and second timing values and a distance between the first and second detecting devices. A processing device calculates a hardness of the specimen in accordance with the impacting velocity and the rebounding velocity calculated by the calculating device.

Rebound-type hardness tester

An impression forming mechanism includes; an arm with an indentor for forming an impression on a surface of a sample, and an arm operating part for operating the arm in order to apply a force to the sample, wherein the arm operating part is disposed below the arm.

An impacting velocity v.sub.1 and a rebounding velocity v.sub.1 ' of the hammer at a second hammer velocity measurement point 12 a distance x.sub.1 apart from a first hammer velocity measurement point 11 in the system of movement of the hammer are measured and the hardness H of the specimen is calculated in accordance with Equation 1, ##EQU1## where x.sub.2 denotes the distance between the first hammer velocity measurement point 11 and the specimen 2 and .alpha. denotes the acceleration acting on said hammer. Thereby, a hardness test in a rebound type hardness tester can be performed without measuring the velocities of the hammer immediately before impacting against the specimen and immediately after the impaction.

Method of testing hardness in rebound type hardness tester

An oscillatory mirror device having a mirror and a pair of exciting systems to exert a couple of forces to turn the mirror around an axis of oscillation in an oscillating manner.

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Yuichi Minami