Air quenching is an important part of the metal manufacturing process, yet not everyone is familiar with this term. If you need to quench and temper in Gastonia, NC, it’s important to learn about this method. Following is a quick overview of air quenching. If you have additional questions, don’t hesitate to contact the metal […]
Read MoreJust like with most things in life, you can’t just jump into metal heat treating without thinking about it. Metal heat treating in Gastonia, NC requires a bunch of prior considerations to ensure you don’t end up ruining your metal instead of making it harder or softer. This post will cover a few of those […]
Read MoreIn the early days of metalworking, humans only had the technology and skills to reshape pieces of metal for tools or weapons. Nowadays, we can do much more than that! We have the ability to make pieces of metal harder, stronger and more ductile and get rid of undesirable imperfections. As you can imagine, there […]
Read MoreAnnealing is the process of heating metal or glass and allowing it to cool slowly. This helps remove internal stresses on the metal and can strengthen it considerably. Annealing is usually performed after a hardening or cold working process, and can increase the ductility while reducing the material’s hardness. Annealed metals are used in a […]
Read MoreYou can almost picture it: your customer has impatiently been refreshing the tracking information on their package for days now. It should have arrived already, but it hasn’t. Will there be an angry email? A negative Yelp or Google review? Will they put your company on blast on social media? J.F. Heat Treating, Inc., a […]
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