We offer a wide range of heat treatment services including the following:
Carburising
This involves the impregnation of carbon into the surface of a low alloy steel. When quenched this produces a high surface hardness.
Harden and Temper
This creates a high strength structure on medium alloy steels by heating and rapid cooling followed by reheating and slow cooling from a reduced temperature.
Induction Hardening
A rapid localised hardening process using a high frequency induced current followed ?by quenching.
Press Quenching
This is the precision quenching of components whilst being pressed to maintain tight tolerances.
Stress Relieving
This involves heating to a relatively low temperature followed by slow air cooling to relieve the build up of internal stresses.
Annealing
This process is undertaken by heating followed by controlled cooling to provide an equiaxed microstructure. It produces excellent machinability with a low ?hardness value.
Normalising
Heating and slow air cooling to remove segregation within a material.
| Heating Capacities | ||
|---|---|---|
| PROCESS | SIZE Metric | SIZE Imperial |
| SEALED QUENCH FURNACES | ||
| 3 furnaces | 760mm (w) x 1220mm (d) x 760mm (h) | 30” x 48” x 30” |
| PIT FURNACES | ||
| 6 furnaces | 1066mm (dia) x 914mm (h) | 42” x 36” |
| TEMPERING FURNACES – UP TO 650C | ||
| 2 furnaces | 1000mm (w) x 1000mm (d) x 1000mm (h) | 39” x 39” x 39” |
| 1 furnace | 760mm (w) x 1220mm (d) x 760mm (h) | 30” x 48” x 30” |
| ROTARY FURNACES | ||
| 3 furnaces | 368mm (dia) x 305mm (h) | 14.5” x 12” |
| GLEASON PRECISION QUENCH | ||
| 3 presses | 406mm (dia) x 203mm (h) | 16” x 8” |