Portable Automated Ball Indentation (PABI) System for In-Situ Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Metallic Components

Manufacture of portable automated ball indentation system.

To evaluate key mechanical properties of metallic components

• It can be used for in-situ application
• Requires small volume of test materials for laboratory application.
• Avoids fabrication of complicated test specimen as required in conventional test.
• Relatively rapid compared to conventional test.
• ABI test is localized and therefore can be used to characterize weld zone and HAZ.
• Reproducibility and its accuracy are comparables.
• It is an almost non-destructive method.