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Decrease
Rejections
Have you encountered
any of these defects or failures?
- Cracks
- Chipping or
Spalling
- Distortion
- Failure of Quenched
Steel
- Soft Spots in
Hardened Areas
- Failure to
Harden to a Sufficient or Uniform Depth to Attain Maximum Hardness?
Distressing
indeed are the occasions when a carefully machined part breaks, either
in the quenching operation, or
some time later, when
the part is in service. Some manufacturers regard such problems
as a mystery or an unavoidable evil. They are not! A thorough investigation
will reveal that a failure does not just happen, but is due to an avoidable
cause, which may or may not be the responsibility of the heat treater.
General Metal's
ability to minimize these failures and develop the desired mechanical
properties of steel is the result of our extensive knowledge and experience
in controlling microstructure. Each job analysis, including the chemistry
of the material, is considered as having individual transformation characteristics,
and the heat treating cycle is "tailor made to fit". To
develop a desired microstructure, General Metal has, at their disposal,
a variety of procedures. |
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The
choice depends on many factors — for example: the types
of furnaces and atmospheres, the weight and shape of the part, the
temperature used, and the time available for the process to insure the
end quality required.
The experience,
the diversity, and the availability of equipment to do a specific job
in conformance with precise customer specifications, producing a quality
product reliably and on time is what makes General Metal Heat Treating
so important. Important in solving heat treating problems for those not
possessing heat treating facilities, and in performing for captive heat
treating departments where the particular heat treatment cannot be adequately
processed because of limitations in plant space, personnel, equipment,
production scheduling, particular expertise and/or fuel. |
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