- Martensitic or quench hardening, neutral hardening is a heat treatment used to achieve high hardness / strength on steel.
- It consists of austenitising, quenching and tempering, in order to retain a tempered martensite or bainite structure.
- steel can be treated by intense heat to give it different properties of hardness and softness.
- This depends on the amount of carbon in the steel (only high carbon steel can be hardened and tempered).
- Tempering is a low temperature (150°C to 650°C) heat treatment intended to remove the stresses and brittleness caused by quenching and to develop the required mechanical properties.
GAS HARDENING & TEMPERING (800 Ø X 2000 mm Length)
LIQUID HARDENING & TEMPERING (1500 Ø X 3000 mm Length)