Just 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 […]
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How Do I Know the Best Route for My Heat Treating Needs?
In 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 […]
What Should I Know About Annealing?
Annealing 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 […]
When a Package Is Lost, Who’s Responsible for Replacing It?
You 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 […]
What Is Peening in Heat Treatment?
There are many aspects to metal working and heat treatment processes in Gastonia, NC. If it’s not your area of expertise, metal working is best left to professional metallurgical and heat treatment specialists. One part of the heat treatment process is called peening in Gastonia, NC, which involves working with the metal when it’s cold. […]