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Heat Treating Furnace Manufacturers and Suppliers

IQS Directory implements a thorough list of heat treating furnace manufacturers and suppliers. Utilize our listing to examine and sort top heat treating furnace manufacturers with previews of ads and detailed descriptions of each product. Any heat treating furnace company can design, engineer, and manufacture heat treating furnaces to meet your companies specific qualifications. An easy connection to reach heat treating furnace companies through our fast request for quote form is provided on our website. The company information includes website links, company profile, locations, phone, product videos and product information. Customer reviews are available and product specific news articles. This source is right for you whether it's for a manufacturer of high efficiency gas furnaces, gas-fired furnaces, and gas furnace lines.

  • Wixom, MI

    For over 100 years, AFC-Holcroft has offered atmosphere based heat treating equipment built to the highest standards for quality. Our extensive product range includes universal batch systems, mesh belt and cast link belt furnaces, continuous pusher furnaces, roller hearth and rotary hearth furnaces, walking beam furnaces, austempering systems, atmosphere generators, aluminum processing equipment and more. ISO 9001:2015 certified.

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  • Maumee, OH

    Surface Combustion offers a diverse product offering for batch, continuous furnace designs for atmosphere, non-atmosphere, or vacuum processing of ferrous and/or nonferrous components/materials. The convection design is optimal for temperatures between 350°F – 1400°F and are engineered to perform and built to last.

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  • Epsom, NH

    As a manufacturer of industrial furnaces, gas furnaces, laboratory furnaces, vacuum furnaces, regenerative furnaces and more, Oxy-gon Industries offers over 200 years combined experience in the vacuum/inert atmosphere furnace industry and serves aerospace, computers, communications and nuclear applications.

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  • Lancaster, NY

    For over 70 years Harper International has been supplying the aerospace and automotive industries with electric furnaces, industrial furnaces, batch furnaces, atmosphere furnaces, gas fired furnaces and ceramic furnaces. We provide innovative industrial furnace solutions to industries. Visit our website or give us a call today. Ask about our new Pulse service program.

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Heat Treating Furnaces Industry Information

Heat Treating Furnaces

Heat treating furnaces heat a material and then bring it to a desired temperature. From there, the material is cooled, which allows the furnace to instill increased strength or aging within the material. This allows for the manipulation of the material to alter its physical, chemical, and mechanical properties. The physical properties most often refer to how hard or soft the material is.

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Applications of Heat Treating Furnaces

Heat treating furnaces add billions of dollars per year in value to metal products, especially steel and nonferrous products, by imparting specific properties to the parts. These properties are often critical to the proper function of the heat-treated parts. Some of the industries that are served by heat treating furnaces include pharmaceutical, automotive, packaging, assembly, electronics and textile. Techniques used by heat treating furnaces include precipitation strengthening, annealing, aging, quenching, tempering, and selective hardening.

Precipitation strengthening involves changes in solid solubility as temperature varies. Annealing can be used for normalizing or stress relieving and comprises the processes of heating, holding temperature, and then cooling in order to accomplish a specific state for the material being heated. Aging or precipitation hardening results in a softer metal. Quenching is quickly cooling from a high temperature. Tempering is often used on brittle materials to make them tougher. It can also be used to manipulate the color of the metal. Hardening can be broken down further to differential, flame, induction, or case hardening. Case hardening involves making the surface layer of a steel material substantially harder through heat treating.

How Heat Treating Furnaces Work

Heat treating furnaces employ a process that involves three steps. First, the part is heated to a specified temperature (up to 2400.25ºF). It is then held at that temperature for the required amount of time, which may be as short as a few seconds or as long as 60 hours. Finally, the part is cooled either in the furnace or by quenching methods, depending on how quickly the part needs to be cooled.

Points to Consider When Purchasing a Heat Treating Furnace

Things to keep in mind when purchasing a heat treating furnace are uniformity, control, airflow, and rate of rise. Uniformity is ensuring the temperature is the same throughout the system. Control regards how easily the system is monitored and adjusted. Airflow refers to the type of ventilation you want/need. Finally, the rate of rise regards how fast you want to be able to increase the temperature.