How To Heat Treat Sheet Metal

Approximate annealed hardness 200 max.

How to heat treat sheet metal. Pomona ca 91766 3851map 909 469 1957. With the torch keep the metal in the hottest part of the flame to reduce the oxygen reaching the metal. Have your container of room temperature oil or water available for cooling. For common carbon steels the cooling can be done in dry ashes lime powder or vermiculite.

Heat to 1375 to 1400 f soak until uniformly heated approximately one half hour per inch. Ferrous metals are annealed by heating to just above the a3 point a point above non magnetic that varies with the carbon content and then cooling slowly. 1352 s reservoir st. 9131 de garmo ave.

Apply the heat either by putting the metal into the forge or oven or by heating it with the torch. Then heat to 1300 1400 f 704 760 c and equalize. See reviews photos directions phone numbers and more for the best metal heat treating in los angeles ca. Send email metal heat treating.

Hold the metal with a pair of metal tongs. Sun valley ca 91352 2608map 818 768 1013. Heat to 1200 f hold at this temperature until thoroughly soaked. Heat treating instructions hardening.

See reviews photos directions phone numbers and more for the best metal heat treating in corona ca. For simple geometries use only the second preheating. Annealing is the softening of metal by heat treatment. Heat at a rate not exceeding 400 f per hour 222 c per hour.