The MPA NRW is the largest calibration laboratory for hardness reference blocks, indenters and material-testing machines in Germany. The employees of the MPA NRW participate in the national and international standardisation bodies as well as in VDI/VDE and AWT. In the forum “Hardness 2015” in cooperation with the MPA Darmstadt we would like to inform you about new developments and current issues in the hardness testing sector.
Key subjects:
- Innovations in the standardisation of hardness tests
- Periodic checking and measuring inaccuracies
- Re-evaluation of hardness values
- Stability and suitability of measuring instruments
- Portable hardness tests