This method outlines the standard procedure for testing the hardness of bearing components. Bearings covered by this test method shall be any rolling element bearing used in airframe control.
SAE ARP5483/2-2003 Referenced Document
ASTM E140-02 Standard Hardness Conversion Tables for Metals Relationship Among Brinell Hardness, Vickers Hardness, Rockwell Hardness, Superficial Hardness, Knoop Hardness, and Scleroscope Hardness*, 2024-04-18 Update
ASTM E18-02 Standard Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness and Rockwell Superficial Hardness of Metallic Materials*, 2024-04-18 Update
ASTM E18-03 Standard Test Methods for Rockwell Hardness and Rockwell Superficial Hardness of Metallic Materials*, 2024-04-18 Update
ASTM E3-01 Standard Practice for Preparation of Metallographic Specimens
ASTM E384-99 Standard Test Method for Microindentation Hardness of Materials
ISO 3290:2001 Rolling bearings - Balls - Dimensions and tolerances