Hardness Testers

Hardness is the resistance of a coating to a mechanical force, such as pressure, rubbing or scratching. In practice, different testing methods are used:

Pendulum Hardness
– In accordance with methods described by König and Persoz

Scratch Hardness
– Scratch Hardness Tester
– Pencil Hardness

BYK-Gardner offers instrumentation needed to perform various hardness tests.