Heat treatment

computer-controlled
vertical retort furnaces
Heat treatment is a key operation in metal working. Our heat treatment program covers a large number of services, from hardening and annealing via inert gas or flame hardening up to stress-free annealing. For these processes, we dispose of modern equipment with several computerized multi-purpose batch furnaces and vertical retort furnaces.

 

To ensure the quality of our work and the reproducibility of the results – especially with serial manufac­ture – we carry out all necessary checks and inspections in our laboratory. During heat treatment we automatically check and document the relevant parameters; these include others: temperature, temperature/time curve and composition of the furnace atmosphere.

 

Processing parameters and reproducibility

To ensure the quality of our work and the reproducibility of the results – especially in serial production – our laboratory provides the necessary investigations and checks. During heat treatment itself, we automatically check and record the relevant parameters; among others temperature, temperature / time lapse and the composition of the furnace atmosphere.

 

Range of services

Our heat treatment provides customers with the following:

  • Annealing/hardening
  • Protective gas hardening
  • Progressive flame hardening
  • Tempering
  • Soft annealing
  • Straightening
  • Case hardening
  • Spin hardening
  • Tooth-by-tooth hardening
  • Stress relief annealing
  • Normalizing
 

Summary of working dimensions

The following PDF lists the working dimensions of our machinery. It also classifies the individual service offerings directly to the respective machines.

 

Summary of the heat treatment operations offered

Contact Information

Bernd Rose - Vice President Production
Phone:
+49 2431 83-365
 
Fax:
+49 2431 83-262
 
E-mail:
bernd.rose [at] akersolutions.com
 
 
Steve Wettlaufer - Sales Heat Treatment
Phone:
+49 2431 83-465
 
Fax:
+49 2431 83-497
 
E-mail:
steve.wettlaufer [at] akersolutions.com
 
 

Mission

Our corporate values are based in our 110 years of corporate and social development, in which Aker Wirth has always been a synonym for innovation, solidity, flexibility, extreme reliability and success.