Step 1: Placing of the Furnace

• Drag the Furnace from the tools.
• Right click on the furnace and click on pin.

Step 2: Heating of the sample in the Furnace.

• Right click on the sample and drag it close to the furnace.
• Now, place the sample on the machine & click on pin.
• Keep all the solutionized samples in the furnace for aging at 120 deg C
• You can adjust zoom level also (Via Mouse Wheel).

Step 3: Hardness Testing of the sample in Vickers.

• Right click on the chamber of Furnace presented in the middle to unload the sample.
• Now, place the sample on the Vickers & click on pin.
• You can adjust zoom level also (Via Mouse Wheel).

Step 4: Observation Of Indent impressions of Al alloy age hardened at different durations.

• Perform d1 & d2 measurement from indent impressions of Al alloy.

Step 5: Plot the graph.

• Click below buttons to start the machine.
• Test1 for 466.8 gf load at 120 deg C

Step 6: Results Aging curve of aluminum alloy at 120℃

• Peak-hardness = 177 HV

Step 7: Activity.