Global Portable Hardness Testers Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Global Portable Hardness Testers Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Portable hardness tester can measure workpieces with narrow space, and can display information such as measured value, average value, date, impact direction, measurement times, test material, hardness value, etc. The portable hardness tester has the functions of charging indication, low-voltage alarm and indication soft calibration. Compared with the traditional desktop hardness tester, the portable hardness tester is very small and convenient.

Market Overview:

The latest research study on the global Portable Hardness Testers market finds that the global Portable Hardness Testers market reached a value of USD 36.39 million in 2022. It’s expected that the market will achieve USD 47.63 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 4.59% during the forecast period.

The upstream supply chain is affected and the cost of producing products increased

Affected by the epidemic, the global economy is developing slowly. Governments of various countries have issued relevant policies to reduce residents' travel, and various factories have suspended production, thus affecting product supply. With the improvement of the epidemic situation, some factories started to operate again, but it was necessary to buy a series of protective materials such as masks and disinfectants, and provide health protection for factory employees, which increased the cost of the company. The policies of various countries restrict logistics and transportation, and the transportation cost increases, especially the cross-border transactions are affected. The production cost of suppliers of raw materials such as stainless-steel increases, the price will increase, and the production cost of portable hardness tester will increase.

Demand from downstream customers decreased

With the global economic downturn, the epidemic situation has seriously affected all walks of life. The downstream customers of portable hardness tester are mainly manufacturers of various equipment, downstream automobiles, builders and so on. The suspension of factory operation affects the demand for portable hardness tester, which can be used to test the hardness of various metals, nonferrous metals and foams. Different products need different hardness. Only by using portable hardness tester can we accurately measure the hardness of objects and maximize its value. Downstream customers are affected by the epidemic, and the factory is suspended, thus reducing the demand for portable hardness tester, which has a certain impact on the portable hardness tester industry.

The global economic growth is slowing down

COVID-19 is aggravating the global debt, credit and declining currency crisis. Other factors also limit the global economy, market, regional dynamics and global supply chain imbalance. The overall economic situation is not very good, and the economies of various countries have been hit hard. For the portable hardness tester industry, the overall trend is growth, with an output growth rate of 2.83% in 2019 and a negative growth in 2020. It is expected that with the improvement of the epidemic situation, the economies of various countries will gradually recover and the portable hardness tester industry will gradually resume its growth.

Emerging and Growing Market

China's economy is a developing market economy, with rapid economic development. In the portable hardness tester market, the Chinese market is currently second only to the United States and is the second-largest market in the world. Its growth rate is at the world's leading level and is in a growth stage. There are many companies producing this kind of product in China, and the demand continues to grow and the market potential is huge. In addition, the growth rate of sales of portable hardness testers in India and Germany is also worthy of attention. India has a huge population, which helps to develop its manufacturing industry, and India’s cheaper labor force than China has attracted many labor-dependent industries to relocate to India. India also has many high-quality and high-tech talents, and there is also a trend of headwinds for product innovation and technological progress; Germany has always been famous for its strong industry in the world, and it is in a mature stage for portable hardness testers. In terms of the industry, Germany’s industrial strength can help the rapid completion of the industrial chain, and ensure its excellent quality, so that the industry’s sales growth rate in Germany will rise steadily.

Test results are affected by multiple factors

When measuring with a portable hardness tester, it has high requirements for the test environment, and its results will be interfered by many factors. Including steel ball indenter, load error, temperature change of sample, indentation measurement error and sample quality. However, these interference factors make the stability of the indication value of the portable hardness tester poor and cannot guarantee the full validity of the result. This makes the portable hardness tester have higher requirements for the external environment during the working process, which limits its development. In addition, the accuracy of the portable hardness tester is lower than that of the desktop hardness tester. For some hardness measurement projects that have rigid regulations for high-precision data, the portable hardness tester cannot achieve the win-win results they hope, which will cause some customers to lose.

More functions to meet most needs

The development of portable hardness testers is steadily accelerating, and its functions and accuracy can meet most of the needs of customers. From low-cost economical models to advanced models with more functions, it provides customers with a wide range of choices. These models can use Rockwell, Surface Rockwell, Brinell, Vickers, Webster and Buckler scales to measure the hardness of the material, and can usually be converted. This product innovation enables the portable hardness tester to meet the needs of most customers. It can convert between major standards more intelligently and facilitate cooperation between customers with different standards. Due to the complementary advantages and disadvantages of various calibration methods, the further development of functions can summarize multiple test results, and make the test results more credible through comparison and integration.

Region Overview:

Geographically, North America held the largest market share – 34.43% in 2022.

Company Overview:

EMCO-TEST Prüfmaschinen is one of the major players operating in the Portable Hardness Testers market, holding a share of 11.71% in 2023.

EMCO-TEST Prüfmaschinen

The company not only does everything for hardness testing, but also makes everything easy in hardness testing. Its main business is hardness testing, testing machines, market leaders, metal tools, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, new technologies, hardness testing machines, hardness testing devices, calibration, ISO 17025, calibration laboratories, hardness testing, hardness testers, Material testing, etc.

AMETEK

AMETEK, Inc. is a global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical equipment in the United States. It is headquartered in the United States and has more than 220 production bases worldwide.

Segmentation Overview:

By type, Rockwell Hardness Tester segment accounted for the largest share of market in 2022.

Rockwell Hardness Tester

Rockwell hardness tester is designed according to Rockwell hardness test principle, which can test metal hardness only by contacting the sample on one side. Portable Rockwell Hardness Tester is with beautiful appearance, reasonable structure, stable performance, high durability and high precision. It is suitable for on-site use in heat treatment and mold processing workshops and easy to operate. Portable Rockwell Hardness Tester determination of ferrous metals and non-ferrous metals can be carried out, which is widely used in factories, workshops and metering departments.

Brinell Hardness Tester

Brinell hardness tester is a precise measuring instrument for measuring the Brinell hardness of metals. Brinell hardness tester is mainly used to measure the hardness of cast iron, steel, nonferrous metals and soft alloys, etc. Brinell hardness test is the test method with the largest indentation in all hardness tests, which can reflect the comprehensive properties of materials and is not affected by micro-segregation and uneven composition of samples, so it is a hardness test method with high precision.

Leeb Rebound Hardness Tester

Leeb Rebound Hardness Tester is very suitable for hardness testing of ferrous metals and non-ferrous metals. Measured with a Richter scale, it can be converted into Vickers, Brinell, Rockwell C and B and Shore according to different instruments. Commonly tested materials include cast steel, alloy tool steel, stainless steel, aluminum, bronze, copper, cast iron and so on. Leeb Rebound Hardness Tester is not suitable for testing the hardness of very thin parts (such as sheet metal, thin wall or very light parts).

Application Overview:

In the Portable Hardness Testers market, 39.12% of the total value was generated through the Non-Ferrous Metal Hardness segment by application in 2022.

Key Companies in the global Portable Hardness Testers market covered in Chapter 3:

Mitutoyo
KERN & SOHN
Foundrax
AFFRI
Beijing TIME High Technology
AMETEK
Cisam - Ernst
EMCO-TEST Prüfmaschinen
INNOVATEST Europe
Proceq

In Chapter 4 and Chapter 14.2, on the basis of types, the Portable Hardness Testers market from 2018 to 2029 is primarily split into:

Rockwell Hardness Tester
Brinell Hardness Tester
Leeb Rebound Hardness Tester
Others

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 14.3, on the basis of Downstream Industry, the Portable Hardness Testers market from 2018 to 2029 covers:

Steel Hardness
Non-Ferrous Metal Hardness
Plastic Hardness
Foam Hardness
Others

Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, historic and forecast (2018-2029) of the following regions are covered in Chapter 8 to Chapter 14:

North America (United States, Canada)
Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden)
Asia Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia)
Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina)
Middle East & Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, South Africa)