How to choose a suitable UCI probe and kits for the hardness testing application?

Answer:

Firstly, it must be known what material is tested, please check the typical application in the following table, it will be helpful to choose right probe. If there is coating or plating on the specimen, it is better to choose the motorzied probe with minimum testing force, but you must consider the roughenss of suface. If the roughness is high, the light force probe is not suitable.

Secondly, if the speimen is small and massive, it is better to choose a stationary stand to make the testing reliably.

Thridly, if the specimen is a cyliner-shape, it is better to fix the probe in a small/ large cylinder kit, or MU-200 portable stand, it will be benifical to get a credible testing result.

Fourth, if the specimen can not be reached by the standard length probe, it is able to test it in the lengthen manual porbe or motorized probes. If it is inside wall of some turbines or pipes, it is able to use the manual shorten probe to complete the testing.

Force Model Control Probe Style Stands and Kits Typical Applications
98N HP-10K Manual Standard length MU-100HMU-200H

MU-300H

Small-cylinder-kit Large-cylinder-kit

Plane-kit

Standard probe cap

Deep-hole probe cap

Small forgings, cast material,weld inspection, HAZ
50N HP-50K Induction hardened orcarburized machine parts,

forexample, camshafts,

turbine weld inspection, HAZ

Measurement in grooves, on gear tooth flanks and roots, turbine blades

20N HP-20K Standard lengthLengthen length

Shorten Length

Ion-nitrided stamping dies and molds, forms, presses,thin walled partsBearings, tooth flanks, turbine blades, inside wall of pipes with Ø >110 mm
10N HP-1K
10N MP-1000 Motorized Standard Length MU-200MMU-300M

MU-400M

Motorized V-Kit

Finished precision parts,gears, bearing raceway
8N MP-800
5N MP-500
3N MP-300 Thin layers, for example, copper or chromium on steelcylinders;Copper rotogravure cylinders;

Coatings, case hardened parts