Pencil Hardness Tester NOVOTEST PH-3363

The instrument is designed to determine the hardness of coatings by pencil leads according to: ASTM D 3363, ECCA T4, EN 13523-4, ISO 15184:2012, JIS K 5600-5-4.

Application

The instrument is widely used for hardness testing of powder and liquid paint coatings. For high accuracy of the results, the lead of pencil should be sharpen under 90 ° angle. The tests begin with the softest pencil leads. If after testing don't left any signs of damage on coating, user will have to make tests with more harder pencil leads. The MAX hardness value of pencil leads, when after testing isn't any traces of destruction on the coating, is hardness value of tested coating (for example: 3H, 2H, H, HB, B, 2B, etc.).

Design

The instrument is produced from steel, has rectangular shape. There are two castors for movement on the surface of tested object. There is a hole through the instrument and thumbscrew for fixation pencil at an angle of 45 ° to tested surface. The design of the device provides a constant load 7,5N (750g) of the pencil lead on the tested coating.

Advantages: 

• Reliability and durability of the design

• Easy in operation

• Competitive price

Specifications: 

Standard set includes: 

• Instrument

• Set of pencils

• Operating manual

• Case

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