Why is Heat Treatment Important?
Why is Heat Treatment Important?
Without heat treating metal, especially steel, metal parts for everything from airplanes to computers wouldn’t function properly, or might not even exist in the first place. Non-ferrous metal parts in particular would be much weaker. Aluminum and titanium alloys, as well as bronze and brass, are all strengthened through heat treatment. Many of these metals are used in the production of cars, airplanes, and other products that rely on strong metals not only for performance but for safety as well.
Because heat-treated metals are often stronger than non-heat treated metals, treating metal pieces upfront prevents corrosion, which won’t result in the replacement of expensive metal parts later on or as frequently. This causes machines to run more cheaply and efficiently and prevents problems.
Heat Treatment of Metals
Heat treatment simply is a combination of heating and cooling operations, timed and applied to a metal or alloy in the solid state in a way that, will produce desired properties. • All basic heat-treating processes for steel involve the transformation of austenite. • By varying the manner in which, carbon steels are heated and cooled, different combinations of mechanical properties for steels can be obtained.