Posted by Gordon England (62.252.0.12) on 10:52:51 07/07/05
In Reply to: HR 15Y CONVERSION TO HRC posted by SANTHANAM VENKATESAN
: Dear Mr. Gordon,
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: We have rockwell tester("Y" Type), How to read or convert this reading to HRC. Pls. advise or guide to solve this issue
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: Thanks & regards
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: S. venkat
Conversion between these scales is not possible.
These Rockwell scales do not overlap and are used for hardness testing very different materials:
HRc for hardened steels
HR15Y for very soft materials like plastics and abradable coatings.
Regards Gordon
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