Hardness test blocks

You often hear of Shore A and D hardness scales… but are these the only ones? Unfortunately, no. In fact, they are much more than you imagine, here they are: A, B, C, D, DO, E, AO, O, OO, OOO, OOO -S, M and AM. There’s a reason for all this variety, though. You should know, in fact, that Shore hardness test scales refer to a specific hardness range: usually D scale is ...

To find it out, we brought our Shore D to the highest hut in Europe: the “Capanna Regina Margherita” on “Monte Rosa”, in Italy. Its 4556 meters of altitude and the - 15ºC make it a rigid environment with unusual physical and atmospheric conditions. That’s perfect, actually, for testing the reproducibility and reliability of Shore results. That’s why we’ve decided t...

Today more than ever, “prevention” is a key topic. Therefore, we invite you to devote five minutes to discover how to properly maintain your hardness tester. Here are some expedients to be followed to long preserve your hardness tester; these simple operations can be autonomously carried out by the operator: if performed correctly and regularly, they help to “keep the i...