Heat Treatment
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Heat Treatment
Aluminium casting heat treatment involves the use of extreme temperatures to change the physical properties of the casting, either through using a thermal cycle or a series of thermal cycles. Depending on the specific casting and the sector it’s being prepared for, heat treatment can be used to either harden or soften an alloy.
Other uses of aluminium heat treatment can include normalising the grain size and composition of an alloy, and removing the internal stresses of the metal.
There is no standardised aluminium heat treatment procedure. Rather, a combination of heat treatment techniques may be used in order to achieve the required properties. Common techniques include annealing, solution treatment, precipitation treatment, quenching, age hardening and artificial ageing.
Aluminium Casting
Heat Treatment Facilities
Heat treatment involves two cycles
- Solutionising
- Precipitation
In T6 process, we maintain a temperature 525 c for 8hrs after reaching the set temperature .After completion of 8hrs, quenching takesplace within 20 secs.In precipitation ,we maintain the shell temperature 165 deg c for 8hrs.We achieve hardness of 80 to 120 max. and which compliance to AIAG- CQI -9.
Our furnaces have been specifically designed to provide uniform heat transfer to all areas of the castings. 9 Point Calibration is done as scheduled.
