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Choosing Your Hardness Test & Getting Accurate Results
Choosing Your Hardness Test & Getting Accurate Results
Qualitest Team
Selecting the right hardness test can feel unnecessarily complicated, yet it's a decision that has significant downstream effects.  When you get it wrong, the consequences are serious: critical parts that... Ler mais...
How to Calibrate a Durometer: Avoid Costly Errors
How to Calibrate a Durometer: Avoid Costly Errors
Qualitest Team
A durometer that isn't regularly calibrated is an instrument providing questionable data.  From our position at Qualitest, we see firsthand that this uncertainty is a significant liability. It introduces risk... Ler mais...
Digital vs Analog Durometer: Which to Choose?
Digital vs Analog Durometer: Which to Choose?
Qualitest Team
For any operation working with polymers, elastomers, or rubber, confirming material hardness isn't just a step in the process—it's fundamental to quality.  As a long-time supplier of these testing instruments,... Ler mais...
A Practical Guide to Selecting the Right Densimeter
A Practical Guide to Selecting the Right Densimeter
Qualitest Team
Releasing a bad batch of product is a costly quality control problem. It consumes valuable materials, leads to customer complaints, and can damage your company's reputation.  From our experience, a... Ler mais...
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A Guide on How to Use a Profilometer Effectively
Qualitest Team
Getting a component's surface finish right is the critical difference between a part that performs reliably and one that results in costly failures.  Having worked with countless partners across North... Ler mais...
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How to Use a Portable Hardness Tester: The Pro Guide
Qualitest Team
In quality control, having the right tool for the specific job is what matters most.  While traditional lab-based testing provides a high degree of precision, some situations demand a different... Ler mais...
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Shore Hardness vs. Durometer: Complete Explanation
Qualitest Team
Getting the physical properties of your materials right is a huge factor in product performance and success. For anyone making physical products, one of the biggest deals is nailing how... Ler mais...
How to Use a Durometer in a Few Easy Steps
How to Use a Durometer in a Few Easy Steps
Qualitest Team
Let's just call it what it is – getting a material’s hardness wrong can absolutely wreck a project. In the world of making and supplying things, it's the one detail... Ler mais...
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Durometer Hardness Scale: A Complete Guide
Qualitest Team
If you're making a product, you absolutely have to know if your material is going to be squishy like a gummy bear or hard as a hockey puck. We believe... Ler mais...
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What is Durometer? All You Need to Know
Qualitest Team
Let's be real. In manufacturing and supply, getting the physical properties of your materials right is fundamental to the quality of your final product. For that, you need to measure... Ler mais...
Densimeter vs. Hydrometer: What's the Difference?
Densimeter vs. Hydrometer: What's the Difference?
Qualitest Team
When you're running a business that makes physical products, getting your material checks right isn't just a small detail—it's the whole ballgame.  As people who supply this kind of equipment,... Ler mais...
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Densimeter vs. Densitometer: What's the Difference?
Qualitest Team
In our experience, one of the most frequent points of confusion for professionals in manufacturing and quality control is the distinction between a densimeter and a densitometer. Getting your product... Ler mais...