Scleroscope

American  

[skleer-uh-skohp, skler-] / ˈsklɪər əˌskoʊp, ˈsklɛr- /

Trademark.

1. a brand name for a sclerometer that determines the hardness of a material by measuring the rebound of a standard ball dropped on the material from a fixed height.

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Example Sentences

Page 52 The heat treatment of the finished gears consisted of quenching in oil from a temperature of from 1,420 to 1,440°F. for the No. X-3,340 steel, or from a temperature of from 1,500 to 1,540°F. for No. 6,140 steel, followed by tempering in saltpeter or in an electric furnace at a temperature of from 650 to 700°F. The question has been asked by many engineers, why is the comparatively low scleroscope hardness specified for gears?

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Each finished piston pin, after heat treatment, must show a minimum scleroscope hardness of the case of 70, a scleroscope hardness of the core of from 35 to 55 and a minimum crushing strength when supported as a beam and the load applied at the center of 35,000 lb.

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"Rebounding hardness" is commonly measured by the Shore scleroscope, illustrated in Fig.

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The heat treatment of the finished gears consists of quenching in oil from a temperature of 1,500 to 1,540°F., followed by tempering in oil at a temperature of from 375 to 425°F. Gears so treated will show a Brinell hardness of from 512 to 560, or a scleroscope hardness of from 72 to 80.

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After this quenching, all piston pins are tempered in oil at a temperature of from 375 to 400°F. A 100 per cent inspection for scleroscope hardness of the case and the core was made, and no failures were ever recorded when the above material and heat treatment was used.

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