Commercial Heat Treatment of Plates

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Superior Heat Treat LLC can process your difficult wear plates, pallet plates and rails, backing plates, leaf springs, flat gears and other jobs that are prone to warping and dishing. Plates, rings and jobs that are thin relative to their length and width provide challenges for heat treaters. Deep slots, pockets and keyways further compound the problem. Superior Heat Treat can handle these jobs by employing sophisticated racking and quenching cycles to minimize distortion followed by hot straightening and/or heat set straightening to meet your flatness requirements. These processes minimize "twist" and result in uniform hardness without the soft spots and potential torch cracks created from conventional straightening methods. In addition, these straightening approaches are very cost effective vis-à-vis traditional methods.

Project Specifications

Product Lines

Wear Plates
Pallet Plates

Flat Gears
Leaf Springs

Processes

Carburize & Harden
Neutral Hardening
Quench & Temper

Salt Bath Hardening
Marquenching
Flame Hardening

Materials

Carburizing Grades (8620, 1018, CRS)
Alloy Steels (4130, 4140, 6150)
Tool Steels (A2, D2, S7, O1, O6, H13)
Stainless Steels (410, 416, 420, 440, 17-4, 15-5, 13-8, Vascomax)

Brass
Aluminum
Copper
Beryllium Copper

Industries Served

Automotive
Aerospace
Military
Machine Tool

Mining
Food Processing
Farm Equipment

Equipment List and Size Capabilities

6 Internal Quench Ipsen Furnaces (Max Size at 36" x 36" x 48")
10 Tempering Furnaces (Max Size at 48" x 48" x 48")

1 Salt Bath (Max Size at 21" diameter x 30")

Industry Standards/Certifications

ISO 9001:2008 Registered
MIL-H-6088

AMS 2759