Stress relieving
- Furnace dimension up to a size of Ø 2600 * 3500 mm
- Batch weight of up to 20,000 kg.
- Dominial has fully automated this process, allowing them to accurately record the time temperature.
- Dominial has 16 annealing / tempering furnaces
The process
The annealing process gives a treatment of a workpiece at a certain temperature and with a certain retention time, followed by cooling that is dimensioned so as to attain the desired material properties. The treatment is produced in air or nitrogen gas.
Stress relieving is an annealing process performed at sufficiently high temperatures (however, with hardened and tempered steels, it is performed below the last tempering temperature), with the aim of reducing internal stress without making any fundamental changes to the microstructure or the mechanical properties.
Suitable materials
All steels
Product
Customer information required for heat treatment (annealing)
The following information is required for performing annealing:
Material designation
Structural stability
Annealing process in air or nitrogen
Tests
Hardness test
Metallographic examination and by special arrangement