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Hardness Testing

Equotip Live Leeb D

Hardness Testing

Equotip Live Leeb D

Portable Leeb D hardness inspection

World's most portable and functional Leeb D probe

The most intuitive and efficient user interface you can find

Swiss-made, legendary accuracy and durability known for Equotip products

Applications:

Hardness testing of casts, flanges, shafts, and bars/pipes / Wirelessly connect to Mobile App and Cloud / Rock testing

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The most advanced portable hardness testing lab in your pocket, from the Inventor of Leeb method

Innovation

Ultra-portable, intelligent Leeb D probe, coupled to IoT and storage data backup ecosystem with a clean user-interface. Software enables you to share and access the data from anywhere.

Efficiency

Intuitive and efficient user interface to facilitate each step of your inspection. The audio output of readings lets you keep the mobile in your pocket for a more streamlined workflow.

Reliability

Synonymous with Proceq's reliability and legendary status with durable and accurate Leeb products from the inventor of Leeb method.

Display and processing unit (not included)

Powerful features with intuitive user interface

Intuitive user interface known from modern mobile devices
Enhanced logbook feature including text and voice notes, and photos of tested objects
Multiple data exporting possibilities (URL, PDF, CSV)

Available for PC and iOS with free over-the-air updates and continuous innovation.

Download the Equotip Live app and discover a truly flexible and collaborative workflow for hardness testing.

Intuitive user interface known from modern mobile devices
Enhanced logbook feature including text and voice notes, and photos of tested objects
Multiple data exporting possibilities (URL, PDF, CSV)

Available for PC and iOS with free over-the-air updates and continuous innovation.

Download the Equotip Live app and discover a truly flexible and collaborative workflow for hardness testing.

Display and processing unit (not included)

Custom materials

Flexibility for all applications, such as new or exotic materials and non-standard alloys
Custom curve conversion function based on major standards
Application of custom conversions to new and already-acquired data sets

Flexibility for all applications, such as new or exotic materials and non-standard alloys
Custom curve conversion function based on major standards
Application of custom conversions to new and already-acquired data sets

Display and processing unit (not included)

Compliance to standards

Probe verification according to selected standard
Documentation of verification stored in logbook
Wide range of conversion curves

Probe verification according to selected standard
Documentation of verification stored in logbook
Wide range of conversion curves

Display and processing unit (not included)

Collaboration and easy reporting

Web interface with visual report generation using lists, bar charts and statistics
Full logbook traceability supported by annotations (geo location, text, images of tested objects, changes to dataset)
Web data storage with multiple data sharing possibilities

Web interface with visual report generation using lists, bar charts and statistics
Full logbook traceability supported by annotations (geo location, text, images of tested objects, changes to dataset)
Web data storage with multiple data sharing possibilities

Display and processing unit (not included)

Tech Specs

Display and processing unit (not included)

Display

Any Apple iOS device (min. iOS 13)

Instrument protection

Water, dust and debris resistance and MIL grade protection achieved through an external case/sleeve of customers' choice

Memory

> 10'000'000 measurements, limited by the storage of the device

Memory

Memory of the iOS device

Leeb Live operating parameters

Connectivity

Bluetooth LE, Micro USB for charging and service connection

Battery

1x AAA (NiMH), flight safe

Battery lifetime

>19h, 14'000> measurements, depending on battery's capacity

Charging time

< 3-4h

Power input

5V, through micro USB

Dimensions

46 x 24.5 x 146 mm / 1.8 x 1.0 x 5.8 in

Weight

234 g / 8.26 oz

Humidity operation

< 90% RH, non-condensing

Operating temperature

(-) 20°C + 60°C / 14°F – 122°F

Certification

CE, KC, FCC

Equotip App Features

-Automatic compensation of impact direction
- Automatic data backup to ScreenigEagle's Workspace
- Histrogram and table view, series statistics
- Automatic conversion to selected unit
- Probe verification assistant
- Custom material conversion: 1-point shift
- Voice read-out of measurement data
- Enhanced logbook with metadata (images, voice comments, annotations, geo location)
- Data export to pdf and CSV
- Probe statistics
- Video tutorials

Conversion curves applicable for materials

- Steel and cast steel

Languages

English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish

Regional settings

Metric and imperial units, multi-language and time-zone

Audio support

Full digital audio

Cloud Solution

Screening Eagle Workspace

Web-based data management system with cloud backup, accessible from PC, Mobile and Tablets.

Language support

English

Instrument

Tech Specs

Native Scale

HLD

Conversion scales

HB, HV, HRB, HRC, HS, MPA (σ1, σ2, σ3)

Measurement range

100-1000 HLD

Indenter

Tungsten carbide (D, DL)

Impact energy / Test force

11 Nmm (D, DL)

Accredited calibration

ISO/IEC 17025

Standard compliance

ASTM A956
DIN EN ISO 16859
GB/T 17394
JB/T 9378

Guidelines

ASME CRTD-91
DGZfP Gudeline MC 1
VDI / VDE Gudeline 2616 Paper 1
Nordtest Technical Reports 99.12, 99.13, 99.36

Conversion standards

ASTM A370
ASTM E140
ISO 18265
Proceq's own conversion curves

Measurement resolution

1 HLD/HV/HB; 0.1 HRC/HRB/HS 1 N/mm 2 (Rm)

Measuring accuracy

± 4HLD, (0.5% @800 HLD)

Measurement deviation (E)

Lower than DIN EN ISO 16859

Coefficient of variation (R)

Lower than DIN EN ISO 16859

Weight

234 g / 8.26 oz

Dimensions

46 x 24.5 x 146 mm / 1.8 x 1.0 x 5.8 in

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Standards & Guidelines

Standards

ASTM A 370

ASTM A 956

ASTM E 140

DIN 50156

GB/T 17394

ISO 16859

JB/T 9378

Guidelines

ASME CRTD-91

DGZfP Guideline MC 1

Nordtest Technical Reports 424-1, 424-2, 424-3

VDI / VDE Guideline 2616 Paper 1

FAQ

What is the Leeb Hardness Test Method?

The Leeb rebound hardness test method was developed in year 1975 by Leeb and Brandestini at Proceq SA to provide a portable hardness test for metals. It was developed as an alternative to the unwieldy and sometimes intricate traditional hardness measuring equipment. The first Leeb rebound product on the market was named “Equotip”, a phrase which still is used synonymously with “Leeb rebound” due to the wide circulation of the “Equotip” product. The principle for the Leeb measurement method was adodped after another non-destructive method also invented by Proceq - Schidmt Hammer.

Traditional hardness measurements, e.g., those of Rockwell, Vickers, and Brinell, are stationary, requiring fixed workstations in segregated testing areas or laboratories. Most of the time, these methods are selective, involving destructive tests on samples. From individual results, these tests draw statistical conclusions for entire batches. The portability of Leeb testers can sometimes help to achieve higher testing rates without destruction of samples, which in turn simplifies processes and reduces cost.
The traditional methods are based on well-defined physical indentation hardness tests. Very hard indenters of defined geometries and sizes are continuously pressed into the material under a particular force. Deformation parameters, such as the indentation depth in the Rockwell method, are recorded to give measures of hardness.
According to the dynamic Leeb principle, hardness value is derived from the energy loss of a defined impact body after impacting on a metal sample, similar to the Shore scleroscope. The Leeb quotient (vi,vr) is taken as a measure of the energy loss by plastic deformation: the impact body rebounds faster from harder test samples than it does from softer ones, resulting in a greater value 1000×vr/vi. A magnetic impact body permits the velocity to be deduced from the voltage induced by the body as it moves through the measuring coil. The quotient 1000×vr/vi is quoted in the Leeb rebound hardness unit HL.
While in the traditional static tests the test force is applied uniformly with increasing magnitude, dynamic testing methods apply an instantaneous load. A test takes a mere 2 seconds and, using the standard probe D, leaves an indentation of just ~0.5 mm in diameter on steel or steel casting with a Leeb hardness of 600 HLD. By comparison, a Brinell indentation on the same material is ~3 mm (hardness value ~400 HBW 10/3000), with a standard-compliant measuring time of ~15 seconds plus the time for measuring the indentation.

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