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Titanium · Service

Titanium Vacuum Heat Treatment

I need parts annealed or stress relieved without alpha case. Who has vacuum furnace capacity in my size?

What it is

Annealing, solution treating, aging or stress relieving in a vacuum or inert atmosphere furnace. Required for reactive metals, which would otherwise pick up oxygen and form a brittle surface layer.

Suppliers

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Companies that perform this process on customer material.

  • Bodycote Reported
    Macclesfield · Service provider

    Accreditation scope varies by plant; confirm per site rather than at group level.

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  • Erie, PA · Service provider
    AS9100NADCAP Heat TreatingNADCAP Nondestructive TestingNADCAP Materials Testing Laboratories

    Vacuum heat treating is a named furnace type. Titanium requires vacuum or inert atmosphere to avoid oxygen pickup.

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

    Unverified lead. Confirm vacuum furnace capability and NADCAP scope before sourcing titanium work.

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  • Souderton, PA · Service provider
    AS9100NADCAP Heat TreatingLargest unit 48 ft long, 150,000 lb capacity

    Processes include annealing, stress relieving, degassing and brazing, with water quench systems installed specifically for titanium. NADCAP heat treating accredited and AS9100 registered. SIZE CAVEAT: this is the LARGEST UNIT across a seven-plant network, not the envelope of this particular process at any one site. Re-confirmed 2026-07-30 as 48 feet long and 150,000 pound capacity; the previously recorded '90+ furnaces' count could not be re-confirmed and has been dropped. Ask which plant and which furnace before sizing a part to it.

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Forms this process takes in.

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