Buehler Celebrates 100 years
of Wilson® Hardness Legacy of
Reicherter, Wilson and Wolpert in
Present-day Hardness Testing Systems
Buehler, an ITW company, is celebrating the 100th
anniversary of its brand Wilson® Hardness. In
1920, Stanley Rockwell and Charles H. Wilson,
the founder of Wilson Mechanical Instrument
Company, presented the Rockwell hardness tester,
which subsequently became the industry standard.
This was later followed by the legendary Tukon
micro-hardness testers for Knoop and Vickers
testing. These early inventions paved the way for
the developments that are today reflected in the
extensive portfolio of Buehler hardness testers
and are famed for their user friendliness, full
connectivity and high level of automation.
The Wilson® brand, which encompasses the
Reicherter, Wilson and Wolpert hardness testers,
has, since 2012, been part of Buehler’s product
portfolio. Julien Noel, General Manager of
Buehler, says: “We are proud of our 100-year
legacy of Wilson hardness testing. Our products
are nowadays the preferred choice for demanding
labs that need to meet consistently high quality
standards – in research and education as well
as under tough everyday conditions found
in industry shop floors. Continuing this long
tradition, we will this year launch a new and
improved Rockwell tester and further speed up the
dispatch of hardness testing systems and hardness
reference test blocks.”
Brinell (BH3000) and Universal hardness testing
(UH4000 series) systems. These machines are
found in various sectors of the economy ranging
from research and development to high volume
production and quality control environments.
The relevant DiaMet software offers controlling,
data management and reporting options and is
suitable for manual to fully automatic production
systems. ISO, ASTM and JIS-certified test blocks,
accessories and equipment round off the range.
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Buehler’s portfolio in the field of hardness testing
currently comprises Rockwell (R574 and R2000),
Knoop/Vickers (VH1000 and VH3000 series),
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