Heat Treatment

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Heat Treating is the controlled heating and cooling of metals to alter their physical and mechanical properties without changing the product shape. It is often associated with increasing the strength of the material, but it can also be used to alter certain manufacturability objectives such as improving machining, improving formability, or restoring ductility after a cold working operation. It can help other manufacturing processes and improve product performance by increasing strength or other desirable characteristics. There are five basic heat treating processes: hardening, case hardening, annealing, normalizing, and tempering.

Heat treatment has a number of different techniques for changing the structure of the metal. One of these techniques is quenching. Another method is annealing, where the material is heat-treated to become more workable. After heat treatment is complete, hardness testing is performed to validate the level of surface hardness that was achieved through the heat treatment process.

AQSS conducts witness inspections of heat treatment on pipes, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, flanges, tanks, and steel fabrication. We provide heat treatment witness inspection services for clients in oil & gas, aerospace, marine, construction, engineering, petrochemical, nuclear, manufacturing, new construction, and power plant industries. We have earned our reputation by providing excellent heat treatment inspection services at customer facilities with our footprints spread across the United States supporting clients on various projects.

The witness inspection services offered by AQSS are designed to meet the demand of many different industries while always adhering to stringent safety standards. All our inspectors are dedicated and knowledgeable professionals, holding multiple accreditations and certifications in the field.

We srtive to keep our excellent reputation in customer service and continue to be an industry leader. Contact us today to schedule your next inspection.