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toselectothertestforceandloadtime,pleaserefertotheoperationpanelfunctionkey
introduction.
4.3.4Beforenormaluse,theinstrumentshouldbepre‐pressed2~3timeswith3000kgftestforceto
eliminate the gap between the various mechanisms of the instrument, and the electrical
componentsoperatenormally,reducingtheerrorofthetest.
4.3.5Afterthepreparationoftheinstrumentisready,thetestpieceisplacedonthetablesmoothly,
andtherotatingwheelisrotated.Whentheworkpiececontactstheindenter,thetestforcealso
startstoshow.Whenthetestforceisclosetotheautomaticloadingvalue,itmustbeslow.When
thescrewisraised,theinstrumentwillmakea“beep”soundwhenitreachestheautomaticload
value.Atthistime,therotationoftherotarywheelwill stop,andtheinstrumentwillenterthe
automaticloadingstate.Thedownwardarrow(showingthatloadingisinprogress)isdisplayedon
therightsideofthedisplay.Whentheselectedforcevalueisreached,thetestforceholdingtime
starts,thearrowbecomesahorizontallineandtheholdingtimestartstocountdown.Whenthe
holdingtimeisover,theunloadingstateisentered,andtheuparrowisdisplayedonthedisplay
toautomaticallyunloadandunload.Attheendoftheload,thearrowonthedisplaydisappears
andtheleverreturnstothestartingposition.Rotatingtherotarywheelintheoppositedirection
disengagestheworkpiecefromtheram,theleverreturnstothestartingposition, andonetest
ends.
Thetestforceofthisinstrumenthastengrades:62.5Kgf~250Kgfisthefirstgear,andtheautomatic
loadingvalueis ≥40Kgf.
Thesecondgearof500Kgf~3000Kgfhasanautomaticloadingvalueof ≥160Kgf.
After the test is finished, press <lest> to enter the list of hardness values. In this list, you can see all
the data of the test. Press <esc> to return and save the page. For the deletion value, please refer to
<delete> key usage.
4.3.6 The minimum thickness of the test piece can be found in Table 2. The thickness of the test
pieceshouldnotbelessthan8timesthedepthoftheindentation.Theindentationdepthhvalue
canalsobeobtainedbythefollowingformula:
AccordingtoHB=F/(πDh) Geth=F/(πd×HB)
Directobservation:Iftherearedeformationmarksonthebackandedgesofthesample,the
testresultsareconsideredinvalid.Thesteelballdiameterortestforceshouldbere‐selectedand
retested.