Phase ii plus Pht-1800 User manual

ModelNo.PHT‐1800/PHT‐1840&PHT‐1850

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OperationManual

21IndustrialAvenue

UpperSaddleRiverNJ07458

(201)962‐7373

www.phase2plus.com

1Overview 3

1.1Advantages3

1.2MainApplication&TestingRange.....................................................................3

1.2.1MainApplication...................................................................................................3

1.2.2TestingRange.........................................................................................................3

1.3TechnicalSpecifications........................................................................................3

1.4Configuration.............................................................................................................4

1.5WorkingConditions................................................................................................5

2StructureFeature&TestingPrinciple5

2.1StructureFeature......................................................................................................6

2.1.1DTypeImpactDevice.........................................................................................6

2.1.2DifferentTypesofImpactDevice..................................................................7

2.2MainScreen................................................................................................................7

2.3KeypadDefinitions..................................................................................................8

2.4LeebHardnessTestingPrinciple........................................................................9

3Preparation 10

3.1InstrumentPreparationandInspection......................................................10

3.2ImpactDeviceSelection......................................................................................10

3.3PreparationoftheSampleSurface.................................................................11

4TestingProgram 12

4.1Start‐Up......................................................................................................................12

4.2Loading......................................................................................................................12

4.3Localization..............................................................................................................12

4.4Testing........................................................................................................................12

4.5ReadMeasuredValue..........................................................................................13

4.6Notification..............................................................................................................13

5OperationDetail13

5.1PowerOn/Off..........................................................................................................13

5.2MaterialSetting......................................................................................................14

5.3Hardness/Strengthtesting.................................................................................15

5.4ImpactDirectionSetting.....................................................................................15

5.5AverageTimesSetting.........................................................................................15

5.6Datalogging..............................................................................................................15

5.6.1Viewingstoredfile/Group.............................................................................15

5.6.2Clearingselectedfile/Group..........................................................................16

5.7PrintReport.............................................................................................................16

5.8SystemReset...........................................................................................................16

5.9ELBacklight.............................................................................................................17

5.10AutoPowerOff....................................................................................................17

5.11BatteryReplacement.........................................................................................17

5.12ConnectingtoaComputer..............................................................................17

5.13ErrorCodeReference....................................................................................................17

Effective:December6,2011

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WarrantyPolicy:

Allportableandstationarymaterialtestinginstrumentsmanufacturedfor/by

PhaseIIshallbefreefromdefectsinmaterialandworkmanshipforaperiod

of1to5fullyears(dependinguponmodel)fromdateofpurchase.Partsfound

tobedefectiveshallbereplacedorrepairedatPhaseII’ssolediscretion.

ProductsfoundbyPhaseIItobemisused,abusedorneglectedarenot

coveredunderthiswarranty.Partsnotcoveredbythiswarrantyarenormal

wearandconsumableitemssuchas(butnotlimitedto)impactballs,impact

bodies,diamondindentors,carbideballindentors,impactsprings,cablesand

connectors,batteries,diamondstylus,contactprobes,etc.

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Consumable(wearable)itemssuchascablesandprobeshavea90day

warrantyfromdateofpurchase.

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Thiswarrantyisexclusiveandinlieuofallotherwarrantieswhetherwritten,

oralorimplied,includinganyimpliedwarrantiesormerchantabilityor

fitnessforaparticularpurpose.InnoeventshallPhaseIIbeliableforany

incidental,specialorconsequentialdamagesofanynature.



ReturnPolicy:

AllPhaseIIproductsmusthaveauthorizationpriortoreturn.

Ifproductisnotacceptableforanyreasonincludingapplicationissuesand

demonstrations,authorizationforreturnmustbeobtainedwithin10daysof

receiptofproduct.Unitmustbeinsamenewconditionitwasreceived.

Failuretodosowillresultinanautomatic15%restockingfee.

Returnsafter30dayswillnotbeaccepted.

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MainHeadquarters:U.S.A

PhaseIIMachine&Tool,Inc.

21IndustrialAve

UpperSaddleRiver,NJ.07458USA

Tel:(201)962‐7373

Fax:(201)962‐8353

GeneralE‐Mail:info@phase2plus.com

BEIJING,CHINA

PhaseIIMeasuringInstruments(Beijing)Ltd.

Room301,Bldg2QingYuanXiLi,HaidianDistrict,Beijing100192,China

Tel:+86‐10‐59792409

Fax:+86‐10‐59814851

GeneralE‐mail:inf[email protected]

MEXICO

PhaseIIde Mexico

CalleANo.4PromerPiso

Col.SanMarcosAzcapotzalco

C.P02020Mexico

Tel:011‐525‐5538‐39771

Fax:same

GeneralE‐mail:phase2mexico@hotmail.com

VENEZUELA

PhaseIIHerramientasUniversalesEDCM.CA.

Av.FranciscoLazoMartiCC

PlazaSantaMonicaPBLocal

SantaMonica,Caracas1040Venezuela

Tel:212‐690‐28‐21

Fax:212‐693‐29‐16

E‐mail:edcphm@movistar.net

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6Maintenance&Servicing17

6.1ImpactDeviceMaintenance..............................................................................17

6.2InstrumentMaintenanceProgram.................................................................18

6.3FaultAnalysis&Evaluation...............................................................................18

6.4NoticeofTransportandStorageConditions

APPENDIX.................................................................................................................................18

Table1.............................................................................................................................18

Table2.............................................................................................................................20

Table3.............................................................................................................................21

Table4…………………………………………………………………………………………24

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1Overview

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1.1Advantages

Widemeasuringrange.BasedontheprincipleofLeebhardnesstestingtheory.

CapableofmeasuringLeebhardnessofallmetallicmaterials.

Large screen LCD, showing all functions and parameters. With background

light.

Seven impact devices are available for special application. Automatic

identificationofimpactdeviceuponplugin.

Testatanyangle,evenupsidedown.

DirectdisplayofhardnessscalesHRB,HRC,HV,HB,HS,HL

Large memory could store 100 groups (Relative to average times 1‐32 ) of

information including single measured value, mean value, impactdirection,

impacttimes,materialandhardnessscaleetc.

Batterysymbolshowingthecapacityofthebattery.

Usercalibrationfunction.

OutputviaUSBport.Microprintersupport.

Compactplasticcase,suitableforuseunderpoorworkingconditions

Continuous working period of no less than 100 hours with two alkaline

batteries(AAsize)Autopoweroff.

Outsidedimensions：150×74×32mm

Weight：245g

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1.2MainApplication&TestingRange

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1.2.1MainApplication

Diecavityofmolds

Bearingsandotherparts

Failureanalysisofpressurevessel,steamgeneratorandotherlargeequipment

Large,hardworkpiece

Testingofinstalledmachineryandpermanentlyassembledparts.

Materialidentificationbaseduponhardnessrange

Rapidtestinginlargerangeandmulti‐measuringareasforlarge‐scale work

piece

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1.2.2TestingRange

TestingrangerefertoTable1andTable2intheAppendix.

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1.3TechnicalSpecifications

ErrorandrepeatabilityofdisplayedvalueseeTable1‐1below.

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Windows8InstallationPatch:

ForallPHT‐seriesportablehardnesstesters

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1,ConnectthetestertoPCviaUSBcable.Poweruptheinstrument.

2,Runzadig_2.1.2.exe

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2,ActivateOptions/ListAllDevices.

Thenselectthe“LeebHardnessTester”item.Selectthe“libusb‐win32(v1.2.6.0)”

option.

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3,PressdowntheInstallDriver/ReinstallDriverbutton.Waitforthedriver

installingprocesscomplete.

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4,NowtheusbdriverfortheLeebHardnessTesterhasbeensuccessfullyinstalled.

Youcannowrunthedataprosoftwaretocommunicatewiththehardnesstester.

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Note:Keeptheinstrumentpoweredupduringdriverinstallationand

connection.

TechSupport:(201)962‐8352

PHT‐1800DataOutputSoftwareInstallation:

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InsertCDintodriveonyourcomputer

Windowwillpopup

RunAutoRun.exe

Followpromptstoloadprogram,makesureyour

designationdriveissettoC:

Oncecompleteda“DataproforHardnessiconwill

appearondesktop

LaunchtheprogramusingtheDataproforHardness

iconondesktopshortcut

UsingtheUSBcableprovidedinsertroundendto

thehardnesstesterandUSBsidetoyourcomputer

Onthesoftwarescreenselect“Connect”.Itwillask

forwhichCOMportyouareattachedto.SelectCOM

port.

Onceconnectedyoucanviewallsavedmemoryfiles

onscreen.

Therearealsoselectionsfor“Database”and

“Reports”.

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Table1‐1

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No.

Typeof

impact

de v i c e 

HardnessvalueofLeeb

standardhardness

block

Errorof

displayed

value

Repeatability

1 D 760±30HLD

530±40HLD

±6HLD

±10HLD

6HLD

10HLD

2 DC 760±30HLDC

530±40HLDC

±6HLDC

±10HLDC

6HLD

10HLD

3 DL 878±30HLDL

736±40HLDL ±12HLDL 12HLDL

4 D+15 766±30HLD+15

544±40HLD+15 ±12HLD+15 12HLD+15

5 G 590±40HLG

500±40HLG ±12HLG 12HLG

6 E 725±30HLE

508±40HLE ±12HLE 12HLE

7 C 822±30HLC

590±40HLC ±12HLC 12HLC

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Measuringrange：HLD（170～960）HLD

Measuringdirection：0~360°

HardnessScale：HL、HB、HRB、HRC,HV、HS

Display：4‐DigitLCD

Datamemory：max.100groups（relativetoimpacttimes1‐32）

Workingpower：3V（2AAsizealkalinebatteries）

Continuousworkingperiod：about100hours（Withbacklightoff）

Communicationinterface：USB

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1.4Configuration

Table1‐2 

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1.5WorkingConditions

Workingtemperature：0℃～＋40℃；

Storagetemperature：‐30℃～＋60℃

Relativehumidity:≤90％；

The surrounding environment should be void any vibration, strong magnetic field,

viscousfluids,corrosivemediumandheavydust.

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No.ItemQuantityRemarks

Standard

Configuration

1 Mainunit 1 

2 Dtypeimpactdevice 1 Withcable

3 Standardtestblock 1 

4 Cleaningbrush(I) 1 

5 Smallsupportring 1 

6 Alkalinebattery 2 AAsize

7 Manual 1 

8 Instrument package

case

1 

9   

Optional

Configuration

11 Cleaningbrush(II) 1 For use with G type

impactdevice

12 Othertypeofimpact

devices and support

rings

RefertoTable3and

Table 4 in the

appendix.

   

14 Communication

cable

1 

16 Printcable 1 

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Optional12pcSupportRingSet

PartNo.PHT1500‐300

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Foruseonconvexandconcaveparts

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Table3

Typeofimpact

de v i c e 

DC(D)/DLD+15CGE

Impactingenergy

Massofimpactbody

11mJ

5.5g/7.2g

11mJ

7.8g

2.7mJ

3.0g

90mJ

20.0g

11mJ

5.5g

Testtiphardness:

Dia.Testtip:

Materialoftesttip:

1600HV

3mm

Tungsten

carbide

1600HV

3mm

Tungsten

carbide

1600HV

3mm

Tungsten

carbide

1600HV

5mm

Tungsten

carbide

5000HV

3mm

synthetic

diamond

Impactdevice

diameter:

Impactdevicelength:

Impactdeviceweight:

20mm

86(147)/

75mm50g

20mm

162mm

80g

20mm

141mm

75g

30mm

254mm

250g

20mm

155mm

80g

Max.hardnessof

sample

940HV 940HV 1000HV 650HB 1200HV

Meanroughness

valueofsample

surfaceRa:

1.6μm 1.6μm 0.4μm 6.3μm 1.6μm

Min.weightof

sample:

Measuredirectly

Needsupportfirmly

Needcouplingtightly



>5kg

2～5kg

0.05～2kg



>5kg

2～5kg

0.05～2kg



>1.5kg

0.5～1.5kg

0.02～0.5kg



>15kg

5～15kg

0.5～5kg



>5kg

2～5kg

0.05～2kg

Min.thicknessof

sampleCoupling

tightly

Min.layerthickness

forsurfacehardening



5mm



≥0.8mm



5mm



≥0.8mm



1mm



≥0.2mm



10mm



≥1.2mm



5mm



≥0.8mm

Sizeoftipindentation



Hardness

300HV

Indentation

diameter

Depthof

indentation

0.54mm



24μm

0.54mm



24μm

0.38mm



12μm

1.03mm



53μm

0.54m

m



24μm

Hardness

600HV

Indentation

diameter

Depthof

indentation



0.54mm



17μm

0.54mm



17μm

0.32mm



8μm

0.90mm



41μm

0.54m

m



17μm

Hardness

800HV

Indentation

diameter

Depthof

indentation

0.35mm



10μm

0.35mm



10μm

0.35mm



7μm

‐‐



‐‐

0.35m

m



10μm

Availabletypeofimpact

de v i c e 

DC:Test

holeor

hollow

cylindrical

;DL:Test

narrow

grooveor

hole

D+15:

Testgrooves

C:Testsmall,

light,thin

partsand

surfaceof

hardened

layer

G:Test

larg e,

,heavyand

rough

surface

steel

E: Test

super

high

hardnes

s

materia

l



2StructureFeature&TestingPrinciple

2.1StructureFeature



1. Mainunit2.Keypad3.LCDdisplay4SocketofUSB

5. Socketofimpactdevice6.Impactdevice7Label8.Batterycover



2.1.1DTypeImpactDevice

1234567

1Releasebutton 2Loadingtube 3Guidetube 4Coilunit

5Connectioncable 6Impactbody 7Supportring

POWER: 2 X 1.5V

HARDNESS GAUGE

0-Steel and Cast Steel

1-Cold Work Too l Steel

2-Stainless Steel

3-Gray Cast Iron

4-Nodular Cast Iron

5-Cast Aluminum Alloys

6-Copper-Zinc Alloys

7-Copper-Aluminum

8-Wrought Copper

9-Wrought Steel

Material Option:

2.1.2DifferentTypesofImpactDevice



DCC  DD+15DLG



2.2MainScreen

Belowisthemaindisplayscreen：



Hardness Scale

Average

Icon

Direction

Battery Info

Impact Times

Measured

Value

Material No

Memory Icon



Table2:LeebtoTensileStrengthConversionChart:

ThisisanApproximationonly!



No.MaterialHLDStrengthσb(MPa)

1 Mildsteel 350～522 374～780

2 High‐Carbonsteel 500～710 737～1670

3 Crsteel 500～730 707～1829

4 Cr‐Vsteel 500～750 704～1980

5 Cr‐Nisteel 500～750 763～2007

6 Cr‐Mosteel 500～738 721～1875

7 Cr‐Ni‐Mosteel 540～738 844～1933

8 Cr‐Mn‐Sisteel 500～750 755～1993

9 Superstrengthsteel 630～800 1180～2652

10 Stainlesssteel 500～710 703～1676



HB 85～65

5     

HV 85～80

2     

Greycast

iron



HRC      

HB 93～33

4   92～32

6  

HV      

Nodular

castiron

HRC      

HB 131～3

87   127～3

64  

HV      

Cast

aluminu

malloys

HB 19～16

4 23～21

0

32～16

8  

HRB 23.8～8

4.6 22.7～8

5.0

23.8～8

5.5  

BRASS(co

pper‐zinc

alloys)



HB 40～17

3     

HRB 13.5～9

5.3     

BRONZE(

copper‐

aluminu

m/tin

alloys)

HB 60～29

0     

Wrought

copper

alloys

HB 45～31

5     

InstructionoftheMainDisplayScreen:



Material

：

Thepresentpresettingmaterial.

Impactdirection

：

Thepresentimpactdirection.

Hardnessscale

：

Hardnessscaleofthepresentmeasuredvalue.

Batteryinformation

：

Showsremainingbatterycapacity

Measuredvalue

：

Displaypresentsingletimemeasuredvalue

（

withoutshowing

averageicon

），

ordisplaythepresentmeanvalue(withaverageiconprompting).“‐

HI‐”meansoverconversionvalueormeasurerange.“‐LO‐”meanslowerthan

conversionvalueormeasurerange.

Impacttimes

：

Timesthathavebeentested

AverageIcon

：

Itwillappearwhenshowingthemeanvalueofthemeasuredvalues

afterreachingthepresettingimpacttimes.

MemoryIcon:Itappearswhenoperatingtheinstrumentmemory.





2.3KeypadDefinitions



Table2‐1

Turn

on/off

the EL

backlight

Data Save or Data

Delete

Turn the

instrumen

ton/off

Material

Selection

Hardness/Strengt

hswitch

PlusorUp

Hardnes

s Scale

Selection

Directionchange Minus or

Down

Print

data

ImpactTimesset Data

logging or

Enter



Press  key to store present group of measured value into memory. This

operationisonlyvalidafterdisplayingthemeanvalue.

Presskey and coulddisplaysinglemeasuredvalue.

Press keycouldswitchonoroffthebackgroundlightofLCD.

Press keytosettheimpactdirection.

Press keytochangetheimpacttimesinonegroup.Theimpacttimesitem

willflash whenfirst pressingthe  key, and thentheimpacttimesvaluewill

plus or minus when pressing the or key.Press keyfinallytoexit

fromchangingtheimpacttimesprocess.

Press keytochangethehardnessscale.

Press keytochangethematerial.PresettinghardnessscalerecoverstoHL

automaticallyaftermaterialpresettingchanged.

Press keytoswitchbetweenhardnesstestandstrengthtest.OnlyDandDC

typeofimpactdevicehasthefunctionofstrengthtesting.Sohardnesstestingis

theonlyselectioniftheimpactdeviceisnotDorDCtype.

Press keytoprintoutthemeasuredvaluesaftermeasurement.



2.4LeebHardnessTe s tingPrinciple



Itisdefinedasthequotientofanimpactbody’sreboundvelocityoveritsimpact

velocity, multiplied by 1000.  Harder materials produce a higher rebound velocity

than softer materials.  For a specific group of material (e.g. steel, aluminum. etc.).

Leebhardnessvaluerepresentsadirectrelationshiptoitshardnessproperties.For

ordinarymetal,conversioncurvesofhardnessHLversusotherstandard sta tic

hardness (HB, HV, HRC, etc.) are available, enabling you to convertHLintoother

hardnessvalues.



Releasetheimpactbodyafteruse.

NEVERUSELUBRICANTORCLEANERSONIMPACTDEVICE!



6.2InstrumentMaintenanceProgram

WhentestingintheRockwellChardnessscaleyourerroramountshouldnot

exceed2RockwellCpoints.Changingthesphericaltesttiporimpactbody

shouldbeconsidered.

WarrantywillbeVOIDifunithasbeendismantledbysomeoneother

thananauthorizedrepairperson



6.3FaultAnalysis&Evaluation



FaultAppearanceFaultAnalysisRepairmethod

Failuretopoweron LowordeadBattery Replacethebatteries

Nomeasuredvalue Impactdevicecablefailure Replacethecable



APPENDIX

Table1

MaterialMethodImpactde v i c e 

D/DC D+15 C G E DL

Steeland

caststeel



HRC 20～68.

5

19.3～6

7.9

20.0～6

9.5 22.4～70.

7

20.6～6

8.2

HRB 38.4～9

9.6   47.7～9

9.9 37.0～9

9.9

HB 127～6

51

80～63

8

80～68

3

90～64

6 83～663 81～64

6

HV 83～97

6

80～93

7

80～99

6 84～1042 80～95

0

HS 32.2～9

9.5



33.3～9

9.3

31.8～1

02.1 35.8～10

2.6

30.6～9

6.8

Coldwork

toolsteel

HRC 20.4～6

7.1

19.8～6

8.2

20.7～6

8.2 22.6～70.

2 

HV 80～89

8

80～93

5

100～9

41 82～1009 

Stainless

steel HRB 46.5～1

01.7     

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