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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Mitutoyo Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MITUTOYO CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/42 (2006.01); G01N 3/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/42 (2013.01); G01N 3/62 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0082 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0208 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0605 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0676 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hardness tester includes a measurer (CPU) measuring a value for a material characteristic of a sample in conjunction with formation of an indentation, an acquirer (CPU) acquiring measurement data associated with the value for the material characteristic of the sample measured by the measurer, and a determiner (CPU) accumulating a predetermined value for the material characteristic based on the measurement data acquired by the acquirer and determining a time to replace the indenter based on the accumulated value for the material characteristic.