Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:06:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 SergioBS_DISSERT.pdf: 2441407 bytes, checksum: dc40986905dcf52b4a6c2c3e2499b479 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-30 / In this paper we developed a prototype for dynamic and quantitative analysis of the hardness of metal surfaces by penetration tests. It consists of a micro-indenter which is driven by a gear system driven by three-rectified. The sample to be tested is placed on a table that contains a load cell that measures the deformation in the sample during the penetration of micro-indenter. With this prototype it is possible to measure the elastic deformation of the material obtained by calculating the depth of penetration in the sample from the difference of turns between the start of load application to the application of the load test and return the indenter until the complete termination of load application. To determine the hardness was used to measure the depth of plastic deformation. We used 7 types of steel trade to test the apparatus. There was a dispersion of less than 10% for five measurements made on each sample and a good agreement with the values of firmness provided by the manufacturers. / Nesse trabalho ? desenvolvido um prot?tipo para an?lise din?mica e quantitativa da dureza de superf?cies met?licas atrav?s de ensaios de penetra??o. Ele consiste de um micro-penetrador que ? movimentado por um sistema de engrenagens guiado por tr?s pinos retificados. A amostra a ser ensaiada ? colocada sobre uma mesa que cont?m uma c?lula de carga que mede a deforma??o na amostra durante a penetra??o do micro-penetrador. Com esse prot?tipo ? poss?vel medir a deforma??o el?stica do material obtida pelo c?lculo, atrav?s de software, da profundidade da penetra??o na amostra a partir da diferen?a de voltas entre o in?cio de aplica??o de carga at? a aplica??o total da carga de teste e o retorno do indentador at? a completa finaliza??o da aplica??o de carga. Para determina??o da dureza foi utilizada a medida da profundidade de deforma??o pl?stica. Foram utilizados 07 tipos de a?os comerciais para teste do aparato. Verificou-se uma dispers?o inferior a 10% para cinco medi??es efetuadas em cada amostra e uma boa concord?ncia com os valores de dureza fornecidos pelos fabricantes.