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Castings in a thermal processing chamber.

Quiz: What Do You Know About Heat Treating?

Sept. 3, 2024
What can be done to improve a casting after it’s been molded and finished? A lot – and you may be surprised at what can be accomplished.

Beyond pouring and solidification, a significant and expanding number of products – castings, and also rolled and/or forged products – require heat treatment:  thermal processing of finished parts to alter the metallurgical nature of the metal, in order to achieve some particular design and/or performance objective.

There are multiple types of heat treatment that may be prescribed. How many can you identify?