Hardness testing system
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsSubindas Melapurakkal MOHANDAS, Tariq A. AL-GHAMDI
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to hardness testing. In some examples, a system can include memory to store machine-readable instructions, which can be executed by one or more processors to implement a method of determining a hardness of a test material. The machine-readable instructions can include a hardness tester that can be programmed to receive image data that can include one or more images of a test material under hardness testing, analyze the image data to determine an indentation size on a surface of the test material left behind by an indenter during the hardness testing of the test material, and predict the hardness of the test material based on the determined indentation size.
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A system for determining a hardness of a test material during hardness testing, the system comprising:
- memory to store machine-readable instructions;
- one or more processors to access the memory and execute the machine-readable instructions to implement a hardness tester operable to:
- receive image data generated by an imaging device comprising one or more images of a surface of the test material with one or more indentations formed, wherein a force is applied by a tool to a hardness bar to cause an indenter to form the one or more indentations on the surface of the test material during the hardness testing;
- analyze the image data to determine an indentation size of each indentation on the surface of the test material formed by the indenter;
- and
- predict a hardness of the test material based on the determined indentation size.
A method for determining a hardness of a test material, the method comprising:
- imaging, using a digital micro-dimension (DM) camera, a test material to capture a formed indentation on a surface of the test material;
- generating, using the DM camera, image data comprising one or more images of the formed indentation on the surface of the test material;
- receiving, using a hardness test device, the image data;
- determining, using the hardness test device, an indentation size on the surface of the test material;
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- predicting, using the hardness test device, a hardness of the test material based on the determined indentation size.
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