Steel Testing Equipment

Testing steel for hardness, strength, and durability requires the right testing equipment. At United Testing, we offer a large selection of electromechanical as well as servo-hydraulic Universal Test Machines designed for testing steel and steel alloys. Our electromechanical test frames are rated from 2.5 kN up to 600kN and our servo-hydraulic frames are rated up to 2,000kN. We also offer a complete line of grips, fixtures, and accessories. Our testing equipment can be used on virtually all grades and alloys of steel. The only limiting factor would be the capacity required and in certain cases the size of the sample being tested, although United has the capability to design and manufacture custom designed steel testing equipment.

Common test methods performed on steel include:

Hardness Testing

Rockwell Hardness
Brinell Hardness
Micro-Vickers
Vickers Hardness

Tensile & Materials Testing in order to calculate properties such as;

Modulus of elasticity
Elongation
Yield strength
Offset Yield
Bend strength
Flexural Strength
Stress & Strain
Ultimate Tensile Strength

ASTM Steel Testing Standards

ASTM E190 - 14

Standard Test Method for Guided Bend Test for Ductility of Welds

ASTM E290 - 14

Standard Test Methods for Bend Testing of Material for Ductility

ASTM E517 - 18

Standard Test Method for Plastic Strain Ratio r for Sheet Metal

ASTM E643 - 15

Standard Test Method for Ball Punch Deformation of Metallic Sheet Material

ASTM E646 - 16

Standard Test Method for Tensile Strain-Hardening Exponents (n -Values) of Metallic Sheet Materials

ASTM E855 - 08(2013)

Standard Test Methods for Bend Testing of Metallic Flat Materials for Spring Applications Involving Static Loading

ASTM E2218 - 15

Standard Test Method for Determining Forming Limit Curves

ASTM E2448 - 18

Standard Test Method for Determining the Superplastic Properties of Metallic Sheet Materials

ASTM E2712 - 15

Standard Test Methods for Bulge-Forming Superplastic Metallic Sheet

ASTM E10 - 18

Standard Test Method for Brinell Hardness of Metallic Materials

ASTM E18 - 19

Standard Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness of Metallic Materials

ASTM E92 - 17

Standard Test Methods for Vickers Hardness and Knoop Hardness of Metallic Materials

ASTM E103 - 17

Standard Practice for Rapid Indentation Hardness Testing of Metallic Materials

ASTM E110 - 14

Standard Test Method for Rockwell and Brinell Hardness of Metallic Materials by Portable Hardness Testers

ASTM E140 - 12B(2019)e1

Standard Hardness Conversion Tables for Metals Relationship Among Brinell Hardness, Vickers Hardness, Rockwell Hardness, Superficial Hardness, Knoop Hardness, Scleroscope Hardness, and Leeb Hardness

ASTM E2546 - 15

Standard Practice for Instrumented Indentation Testing

ASTM E8 / E8M - 16a

Standard Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials

ASTM E9 - 09(2018)

Standard Test Methods of Compression Testing of Metallic Materials at Room Temperature

ASTM E21 - 17e1

Standard Test Methods for Elevated Temperature Tension Tests of Metallic Materials

ASTM E111 - 17

Standard Test Method for Young’s Modulus, Tangent Modulus, and Chord Modulus

ASTM E132 - 17

Standard Test Method for Poisson’s Ratio at Room Temperature

ASTM E139 - 11(2018)

Standard Test Methods for Conducting Creep, Creep-Rupture, and Stress-Rupture Tests of Metallic Materials

ASTM E143 - 13

Standard Test Method for Shear Modulus at Room Temperature

ASTM E209 - 18

Standard Practice for Compression Tests of Metallic Materials at Elevated Temperatures with Conventional or Rapid Heating Rates and Strain Rates

ASTM E238 - 17a

Standard Test Method for Pin-Type Bearing Test of Metallic Materials

ASTM E292 - 18

Standard Test Methods for Conducting Time-for-Rupture Notch Tension Tests of Materials

ASTM E328 - 13

Standard Test Methods for Stress Relaxation Tests for Materials and Structures

ASTM E345 - 16

Standard Test Methods of Tension Testing of Metallic Foil

ASTM E633 - 13

Standard Guide for Use of Thermocouples in Creep and Stress-Rupture Testing to 1800°F (1000°C) in Air

ASTM E1450 - 16

Standard Test Method for Tension Testing of Structural Alloys in Liquid Helium

ASTM E1875 - 13

Standard Test Method for Dynamic Young's Modulus, Shear Modulus, and Poisson's Ratio by Sonic Resonance

ASTM E1876 - 15

Standard Test Method for Dynamic Young's Modulus, Shear Modulus, and Poisson's Ratio by Impulse Excitation of Vibration