{"id":6558,"date":"2026-02-06T12:12:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kammerer-gewinde.zold.at\/lexicon\/actual-surface-hardness\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:38:50","slug":"actual-surface-hardness","status":"publish","type":"lexicon","link":"https:\/\/kammerer-gewinde.zold.at\/en\/lexicon\/actual-surface-hardness\/","title":{"rendered":"Actual surface hardness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Actual surface hardness describes the measured hardness of a material surface after manufacturing, heat treatment, or surface treatment. It indicates how resistant the surface is to penetration, wear, or mechanical stress. <\/p>\n\n<p>Surface hardness particularly influences:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wear resistance of the spindle, nut, or balls<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Service life and load capacity of thread drives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friction and sliding properties<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compressive strength of the contact surfaces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Influencing factors<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Material:<\/strong> steel, bronze, aluminum, plastic <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Heat treatment:<\/strong> hardening, tempering, nitriding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Surface treatment:<\/strong> grinding, induction heating, coatings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Manufacturing tolerances:<\/strong> roughness, surface profile, smoothing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The actual surface hardness can deviate from nominal or theoretical values and is therefore usually measured (e.g., using Rockwell, Vickers, or Brinell hardness testing).<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practical relevance<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Critical for ball screws: raceway hardness determines contact pressure and service life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Decisive for friction and wear in trapezoidal thread drives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Basis for maintenance intervals, lubrication, and application limits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actual surface hardness describes the measured hardness of a material surface after manufacturing, heat treatment, or surface treatment. It indicates how resistant the surface is to penetration, wear, or mechanical stress. Surface hardness particularly influences: Influencing factors The actual surface hardness can deviate from nominal or theoretical values and is therefore usually measured (e.g., using [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"lexiconkategorie":[],"class_list":["post-6558","lexicon","type-lexicon","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kammerer-gewinde.zold.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexicon\/6558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kammerer-gewinde.zold.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexicon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kammerer-gewinde.zold.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lexicon"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kammerer-gewinde.zold.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"lexiconkategorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kammerer-gewinde.zold.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexiconkategorie?post=6558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}