What is the maximum length of metal parts Southwest Metal Treating can process?
Southwest Metal Treating can process parts up to 18 feet long in its car-bottom furnace. Maximum part size varies by heat-treating process and equipment.
What is the normal lead time for heat-treating services?
Lead times vary based on the process, part quantity, size, and specifications. Southwest Metal Treating works to provide efficient turnaround times while maintaining required quality and process controls.
What certifications and approvals does Southwest Metal Treating hold?
Southwest Metal Treating is AS9100 certified, Nadcap accredited for Heat Treating, and ITAR registered, supporting stringent aerospace, defense, and industrial quality requirements.
Heat treating is the controlled heating and cooling of metal to change its mechanical properties without changing its shape.
Why is heat treating important for metal components?
Heat treating helps metals achieve the hardness, strength, toughness, wear resistance, and stability required for their intended use.
How does heat treating improve a part’s performance?
Heat treating can improve strength, hardness, durability, wear resistance, fatigue life, and dimensional stability.
What information is needed to determine the correct heat-treatment process?
We typically need the material grade, part dimensions, required hardness or case depth, applicable specifications, and intended application.
What materials does Southwest Metal Treating process?
We process carbon steels, alloy steels, tool steels, stainless steels, titanium, nickel-based alloys, and other specialty metals, depending on the required treatment.
Does Southwest Metal Treating heat treat aluminum?
No. Southwest Metal Treating does not provide heat-treatment services for aluminum alloys.
What types of steel and specialty alloys can be heat treated?
We heat treat carbon, alloy, tool, and stainless steels, as well as select titanium, nickel-based, and specialty alloys.
Can you heat treat aerospace, defense, oil and gas, and industrial components?
Yes. We serve aerospace, defense, oil and gas, machine shops, industrial manufacturing, and other demanding industries.
What part sizes and weights can your facility accommodate?
Our equipment accommodates a wide range of component sizes and production volumes. Contact us with your part dimensions, weight, material, and specifications to confirm capacity.
What heat-treating processes does Southwest Metal Treating offer?
We offer neutral hardening, oil-quench hardening, carburizing, carbonitriding, nitriding, annealing, normalizing, stress relieving, tempering, cryogenic treatment, and other controlled-atmosphere heat-treating services.
