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Stainless Steel Heat Treatment

I need parts solution treated and aged, or quenched and tempered, to an aerospace specification. Who is accredited for my material?

What it is

Solution treating, aging, annealing, normalizing, quenching and tempering in air, controlled atmosphere or salt. The route for aluminum and most steels, where reactive and refractory metals instead require vacuum.

Suppliers

Suppliers 4

Companies that perform this process on customer material.

  • Erie, PA · Converter
    AS9100

    In-house annealing, normalising, quenching and tempering. Ring properties are set by the post-roll thermal cycle, so keeping it in house removes a transfer and a second approval.

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  • Paulo Verified
    St. Louis, MO · Service provider
    NADCAP Heat Treating

    Precipitation hardening and annealing, which are the treatments the PH stainless grades need.

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  • Meadville, PA · Service provider
    NADCAP Heat TreatingNADCAP Materials Testing Laboratories
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  • Wyman-Gordon Reported
    North Grafton, MA · Service provider Converter
    NADCAP Heat TreatingNADCAP Nondestructive TestingNADCAP WeldingNADCAP Materials Testing Laboratories

    NADCAP heat treating is accredited at site level rather than per alloy. Stainless is among the materials forged; confirm the approval covers your grade.

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