HEAT TREATING

Heat Treating of Metals

Established in 1944  |  Employee Owned  |  FREE Quotes

Established in 1944
Locally Owned
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Your Metal Heat Treating Experts

For more than 70 years, Pittsburgh Metal Processing Co has specialized in the heat treatment of metals for industrial and commercial usage. Our knowledgeable team is well-versed in all types of heat treatments. We have a metallurgist on-site as part of our sales staff who specializes in all types of materials and metals.

Heat charts and certifications are available upon request. Our shop is located in Pittsburgh but if you need us to visit your location in person, our sales consultant Jeff Litzinger can travel to you. Jeff will evaluate the necessary process requirements to meet your needs.

Many Types of Heat Treating

  • Annealing - The purpose for this treatment is to remove stresses or soften the material for improved machinability or formability, alter the physical or mechanical properties or produce a defined structure.
  • Tempering - This treatment follows a quenching or air cooling operation. Tempering is generally considered effective in relieving stresses induced by quenching in addition to lowering hardness to within a specified range, or meeting certain mechanical property requirements.
  • Stress relieving - Our most popular treatment option, thermal stress relieving is generally applied to metallic materials that have been cold-worked, formed, machined, flame-cut or weld-fabricated to reduce residual stresses for dimensional stability or reduced risk of premature failure in service.
  • Normalizing - Normalizing is generally applied to ferrous materials to enhance the mechanical properties of the material by refining the microstructure. This treatment will improve machinability and machine finish in some instances. This treatment is sometimes used as a precursor to subsequent surface hardening to improve response to hardening or to provide a desirable base substrate hardness.
  • Hardening - Hardening via water-quench, oil-quench, forced- or still-air quench, or aging results in improved mechanical properties, hardness, and toughness of the alloy material.
  • Quenching - Quenching is an integral part of hardening via water-quench, oil-quench, forced- or still-air quench, solution anneal and age, resulting in improved mechanical properties, hardness and toughness of the alloy material.
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Pittsburgh Metal Processing Co uses NADCAP accredited lab services.
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