Lake Bluff (Ill., USA), July 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ – With a new, extensively upgraded version of its DiaMet™ software, Buehler is now offering an internationally consistent and even more user-friendly solution for its Wilson® hardness testing systems.

The new version contains features designed to facilitate and accelerate specific applications, such as the documentation of the hardness distribution in welds, or the depth of hardening in induction-hardened workpieces or objects treated with conventional hardening processes. DiaMet is designed for operation under Windows 10 and can interface with Office spreadsheet applications. It fulfils the requirements for industrial hardness measurement in a production-related environment – an application requiring high precision along with a maximum degree of automation in handling extensive test programs.

Designed for operation by mouse or touchscreen, the system offers expert users the required flexibility and broad feature set for planning, running, analysing, documenting and archiving of individual measurements and measurement series, whilst at the same time enabling less extensively trained operators to work quickly and efficiently.

DiaMet is optimised for evaluating Macro-Vickers, Micro-Vickers, Knoop and Brinell indents according to ISO 6507, ISO 4545, ASTM E384, ISO 6506 and ASTM E10. It is designed to work with all models of the current Wilson VH and UH hardness tester series, as well as some legacy systems.

As an international software package offered in multiple languages, the current Wilson DiaMet software addresses all relevant national and international hardness testing standards requirements.

Marcel van Banning, Product Manager Hardness, Buehler ITW Test & Measurement GmbH noted, “DiaMet users in global organizations can now share and compare results worldwide – regardless of where the measurements were made. With this new release, we are providing test engineers with a tool enabling them to supply detailed and reliable results, even when work assignments are time sensitive. In addition, the high degree of automation enables even less trained staff to conduct comprehensive test series and produce highly accurate results.”

Highlights:

>> Facilitates fast testing of welds
>> Automatic test pattern positioning for hardened samples, and
>> Customised documentation – surface hardening processes

Buehler's product portfolio comprises a full range of Rockwell, Vickers/Knoop, Brinell and universal hardness testers with numerous options for automation. The Automated Knoop/Vickers Hardness Testers VH3300 and the VH3100 along with the new micro-hardness testers VH1102/1202 series, the universal hardness tester UH250 includes the new DiaMet hardness testing software.

The company also markets a variety of sectioning and precision sectioning machines optimised for specific applications: mounting systems, grinding and polishing machines, and consumables for use in materials preparation and image analyses. buehler products cross a wide variety of industries, including primary metals, automotive, aerospace and defense, electronics, medical, energy and more.

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