When you’re in the metal fabrication industry, every blemished or imperfect part that comes off your manufacturing line matters to your bottom line. When you send your parts off to a heat treatment vendor, the last thing you want to do is waste precious time and money on a process that creates unacceptable amounts of…
Medical equipment manufacturers are competing to equip hospitals and health care facilities around the globe with advanced technology run on high quality machines. If you work in the medical devices manufacturing field, you know how important heat treatment is to making sure that your product can withstand years of use and the daily wear and…
If you’ve worked for any time whatsoever in the metal business, you know that heat treatment is a critical component of ensuring that your product holds up to daily wear and tear, resistant to the toughest jobs. Heat treatment is actually a process of both heating and cooling metal to achieve different ends, depending on the metal’s…
In the aerospace industry, there is little room for inefficiency or error. Without proper heat treating, metal parts can underperform or fail, putting equipment—and ultimately, human safety—at risk. WHAT IS HEAT TREATING? Despite its name, heat treating is the controlled process of heating and cooling solid metals in order to help them better withstand wear and tear….
Heat treating may sound like a “finishing touch” or an afterthought, but it is actually an integral part of the manufacturing process. In fact, without proper heat treating, your product, parts, and process will not perform at their highest level of safety and quality. Here are some heat treating basics: the whats, hows, and—most importantly…