Do You Know about HeatTreating Oven

1. Do You Know about Heat-Treating Oven? Heat treating (or heat treatment) is a term used to describe a series of thermal techniques used in industrial and metalworking applications to change a material's physical and chemical characteristics (usually a metal). The hardening or softening of a material as a result of heating and freezing at severe temperatures is a common example of these physical and chemical property changes. The heat treatment takes place at temperatures beyond 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit and frequently exceeds 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit. Heat treatment procedures like annealing, case hardening, precipitation, strengthening, tempering, normalizing, and quenching are used to obtain desired work piece physical and chemical qualities. Lindberg/MPH creates thermal processing furnaces that include all of these heat treatment processes, which are noted for their heating homogeneity, minimal maintenance requirements, and cost- effectiveness. Processes of heat treatment The process of heating and keeping material at a specified temperature, then cooling it at an appropriate pace, is known as annealing. This method is mostly used to soften a material for better machinability, cold working, or to improve electrical or mechanical qualities. Depending on the application and the needed response, heat treatment furnaces performing annealing will employ varying maximum temperatures and cooling rates. This is often accomplished by heating a material below its lower critical temperature and then cooling it uniformly. To achieve the necessary effects, heat treatment furnaces that conduct quenching rapidly cool materials. In ferrous alloys, this procedure frequently results in a harder metal, whereas in non-ferrous alloys, it results in a softer metal. Materials that require great deformation and corrosion resistance, such as blades and storage tanks, are quenched. After a material has been quenched, it is frequently subjected to tempering. Tempering a material in a heat treatment furnace would assist to minimise brittleness and eliminate any tensions generated by quenching. The steel is heated to a specified temperature and then cooled in this procedure. Troostite, a softer yet harder structure, is generated when the material is heated to 300–750oC. If the material is heated to a temperature of 750–1290oF, a sorbate structure is created, which is weaker than troostite but more ductile. The SDB Series of electric heat treat oven and tempering furnaces come in ten (10) basic sizes (custom sizes are also available) and are available in four (4) temperature ranges. The conventional maximum continuous temperature ratings are 800 degrees Fahrenheit (425 degrees Celsius), 1000 degrees Fahrenheit (540 degrees Celsius), 1250 degrees Fahrenheit (675 degrees Celsius), and 1400 degrees Fahrenheit (760 degrees Celsius). Companion Draw Furnaces and Draw Batch Furnaces are terms used to describe electric heat treat oven and tempering furnaces. Savage Engineered Equipment Williamsport, Pennsylvania, PA 17701 United States Phone: 570-329-6500 Fax: 443-308-4429 PO Box 3162 keith@savage-engineered.com http://www.savage-engineered.com/