Vacuum Heat Treating Services from Applied Thermal Technologies, Inc
AEROSPACE HEAT TREATING
Aerospace heat treating is done for super alloy components used in the aerospace industry when they’re joined together by brazing or diffusion bonding with nickel and cobalt base filler metals. Aerospace heat treating is carried out in high vacuum furnaces by holding the parts for a long period of time to diffuse away boron and silicon. During the aerospace heat treating process our vacuum furnaces can reach temperatures to 2800 degrees F and have vacuum levels to 10-6 Torr, all metal hot zones and extremely rapid cooling. Applied Thermal Technologies Inc. personnel work closely with each customer in determining their particular requirements and are available for technical assistance for your aerospace heat treating, metallurgy and brazing questions.
AEROSPACE BRAZING
Aerospace brazing is done for super alloy components used in aerospace applications as they are typically joined together by brazing or diffusion bonding with nickel and cobalt base filler metals containing melting point depressants such as boron and silicon. Aerospace brazing is carried out in high vacuum furnaces by holding the parts for a long period of time to diffuse away boron and silicon. During the aerospace brazing process our vacuum furnaces can reach temperatures to 2800 degrees F and have vacuum levels to 10-6 Torr, all metal hot zones and extremely rapid cooling. Applied Thermal Technologies Inc. personnel work closely with each customer in determining their particular requirements and are available for technical assistance for your aerospace brazing, metallurgy and heat treating questions.
BRIGHT ANNEALING
Bright annealing is the process of slowly cooling an object. Bright annealing is an integral part of making materials especially glass less brittle. The process can be used on stainless steel, cobalt, chrome, high temperature alloys and titanium. The bright annealing process is just one of the heat treating capabilities of Applied Thermal Technologies Inc. We also have the equipment to do brazing, tempering and hardening. We are a small business, with mechanics providing customer satisfaction in local and national markets. The pride of a job well done is still apparent in our interactions with our bright annealing customers and all that we do.
BRAZING CHICAGO
Applied Thermal Technologies, Inc. is a metal processing company serving the greater Chicago area. Applied Thermal provides vacuum heat treating services as well as stainless steel brazing and exotic alloy brazing in Chicago. Applied Thermal began in 1992 to service the medical and specialty products industries in Northern Indiana and has since expanded nationally, including Chicago and other major cities.
BRIGHT ANNEALING CHICAGO
Applied Thermal Technologies, Inc. provides bright annealing services to the greater Chicago area. Applied Thermal also provides vacuum heat treating services, stainless steel brazing and exotic alloy brazing. Bright annealing is the process of cooling an object at a predetermined rate to achieve a specific effect. Often, bright annealing is used to make materials, especially glass and metals, less brittle or to soften materials for further shaping or working. Applied Thermal began in 1992 to service the medical and specialty products industries in Northern Indiana and has since expanded nationally, including Chicago and other major cities.
CERAMIC BRAZING
The lower temperature associated with ceramic brazing vs. welding can increase joining speed and reduce fuel gas consumption. Ceramic brazing can be easier for beginners to learn than welding. It can also be a cheap and effective technique for mass production. With ceramic brazing the joints generally have smooth attractive beads that do not require additional grinding or finishing. Components can be assembled with preformed plugs of filler material positioned at joints and then heated in a furnace or passed through heating stations on an assembly line. The heated filler then flows into the joints by capillary action. For thin work pieces like sheet metal or thin-walled pipe burn-through is less likely to result with ceramic brazing.
CERAMIC BRAZING CALIFORNIA
Applied Thermal Technologies, Inc. is a metal processing company that provides ceramic brazing services to the state of California. Ceramic brazing is one of the best ways to join ceramics with other ceramics or with common metals. Ceramics are often very difficult to join and welding is almost never an option. Active metal ceramic brazing can be used to join difficult materials such as carbide, diamond, sapphire, alumina, zirconia, and silicon nitride. These materials may be joined to themselves or to common metals such as stainless steel and copper with ceramic brazing processes.
HEAT TREATING CHICAGO
Applied Thermal Technologies, Inc. is a metal processing company providing heat treating services to the greater Chicago area. There are many types of heat treating, including annealing, brazing, precipitation hardening, and sintering. These services are performed in our vacuum furnaces. Our vacuum furnaces can reach temperatures to 2800 degrees F and can have vacuum levels to 10-6 Torr, with all metal hot zones and extremely rapid cooling.
MEDICAL DEVICE BRAZING
Medical device brazing is a joining process whereby a non-ferrous filler metal and an alloy are heated to melting temperature (above 800 degrees F) and distributed between two or more close-fitting parts by capillary action. With medical device brazing when the braze is at its liquid temperature, the molten filler metal interacts with a thin layer of the base metal, cooling to form an exceptionally strong, sealed joint due to grain structure interaction. With medical device brazing the joints becomes a sandwich of different layers, each metallurgically linked to each other. The most common filler materials are gold in color, but fillers that more closely match the color of the base materials can be used since appearance is important to the medical device brazing end product.
MEDICAL DEVICE HEAT TREATING
Our medical device heat treating includes the process of precipitation hardening, also called age hardening. It is widely used to add strength to our medical device heat treating alloy materials. The precipitation hardening capabilities of Applied Thermal Technologies, Inc. include stainless steel, high temperature alloys and titanium. We began our company in 1992 to service the hospital and specialty components industries in Northern Indiana and have since expanded nationally. You can increase joining speed and reduce fuel gas consumption with the lower temperature associated with medical device heat treating.
MEDICAL INSTRUMENT BRAZING
Applied Thermal Technologies, Inc. is a metal processing company that provides medical instrument brazing nationwide. Brazing allows small, delicate parts to be crafted with superior strength. Brazing is accomplished by placing a filler metal with a lower melting point than the base metals between the two metals to be joined. The pieces are then heated to the melting point of the filler metal, which joins the base metals through capillary action. Vacuum brazing also allows many medical instruments to be brazed at once, increasing efficiency.
MEDICAL INSTRUMENT HEAT TREATING
Applied Thermal Technologies, Inc. is a metal processing company that provides medical instrument heat treating nationwide. Heat treating is common in the aerospace and medical industries, as well as in military and automotive applications. Applied Thermal Technologies, Inc. provides services to all of these industries, but specializes in medical instrument heat treating. There are many types of heat treating, including annealing, brazing, and sintering.
NADCAP ACCREDITED CHICAGO
Applied Thermal Technologies, Inc. is a NADCAP Accredited Chicago area metal processing company that provides heat treating services. NADCAP is a global cooperative standards-setting program for the aerospace, defense, and related industries, and is a part of PRI (Performance Review Institute). NADCAP is dedicated to providing international, unbiased, independent certification services for the purpose of providing the public with added value, reduced total cost, and to facilitate relationships between the companies that provide the services they certify.
NADCAP ACCREDITED INDIANAPOLIS
Applied Thermal Technologies, Inc. is a NADCAP Accredited Indianapolis area metal processing company that provides heat treating services. NADCAP is a global cooperative standards-setting program for the aerospace, defense, and related industries, and is a part of PRI (Performance Review Institute). There are many types of heat treating accredited by NADCAP, including annealing, brazing, and sintering.
NADCAP BRAZING CALIFORNIA
Applied Thermal Technologies, Inc. is a NADCAP accredited national metal processing company that provides heat treating services to California. Accreditation is required by many national and international manufacturers, and is a mark of prestige that represents superior performance and use of industry standards and leading technology. Brazing is one of the many types of heat treating accredited by NADCAP.
NICKEL BRAZING
Nickel brazing of stainless steel and carbon steel components utilizes copper, silver and low temperature alloys. We also have the equipment to do annealing, tempering and hardening. Nickel brazing can also be a cheap and effective technique for mass production. Components can be assembled with preformed plugs of filler material positioned at joints and then heated in a furnace or passed through heating station. The heated filler then flows into the joints by capillary action. Nickel brazing joints generally have smooth attractive beads that do not require additional grinding or finishing. At Applied Thermal Technologies, we pride ourselves on doing a great job on your nickel brazing projects.
SINTERING
Sintering is one of the many processes Applied Thermal Technologies Inc. offers. Sintering is created by heat treating below the melting point of a metal; adjacent molecular particle surfaces of metallic powders can be bonded. High temperature vacuum sintering is performed at elevated temperatures up to 2650 degrees F. This results in finished parts with higher density and strength. This is used in the medical and speciality products industries. We offer services in the form of powder metallurgy, deformation, alloying and homogenizing castings. Applied Thermal Technologies Inc. continues to drive our business to the next level through our complex sintering services.
TITANIUM BRAZING
With titanium brazing several brazing techniques are applicable. These include induction brazing, resistance brazing and furnace brazing in an argon atmosphere or in vacuum. Although torch brazing is possible it is not applicable to titanium. We work closely with each customer in determining their particular engineering requirements and are available for technical assistance for your metallurgy, heat treating, or titanium brazing questions. We offer heat treating capabilities in the form of solution anneal, precipitation or age harden, stress relieve, harden and temper and homogenizing castings as well as titanium brazing.
TITANIUM BRAZING CALIFORNIA
Applied Thermal Technologies, Inc. is a NADCAP accredited national metal processing company that provides titanium brazing services to California. Titanium brazing is best performed in a vacuum furnace. Applied Thermal provides vacuum brazing services. Vacuum brazing is superior to welding because it creates clean, flux-free joints and provide high integrity and strength. Titanium brazing is used in many major industries the aerospace, medical, automotive, and consumer industries and also has many military applications. Applied Thermal Technologies, Inc. provides many services to all of these industries in California.
TITANIUM HEAT TREATING
We specialize in metal processing; titanium heat treating metals, vacuum and brazing of stainless steel and exotic alloys. Our company was created in 1992 to service the medical and specialty products industries and have since expanded nationally. Our personnel work closely with customers in determining their particular requirements and are available for technical assistance in metallurgy, titanium heat treating, and brazing. Our titanium heat treating services and others continue to drive our business to the next level. We offer solutions of annealing, precipitation hardening, stress relieve, harden and temper, homogenizing castings and titanium heat treating to fill all your needs.
VACUUM BRAZING
Vacuum brazing is another materials joining technique, one that offers extremely clean, superior, flux free braze joints while providing high integrity and strength. Vacuum brazing is somewhat similar to welding and it is just one of the many heat treating services that Applied Thermal Technologies, Inc. is capable of handling. Vacuum brazing is a versatile process that is used on a large number of metal alloys. Our services include suction or hydrogen atmosphere, assembly, braze repair, hydrogen fluoride cleaning hard surfacing, and ceramics with or without metallizing. Temperature uniformity is maintained on the work piece when heating in a vacuum, greatly reducing residual stresses because of the slow heating and cooling cycles used in vacuum brazing.
VACUUM BRAZING CALIFORNIA
Applied Thermal Technologies, Inc. is a NADCAP accredited national metal processing company that provides vacuum brazing services to California. Vacuum brazing uses slow heating and cooling cycles, which increases the safety of the metal and the effectiveness of the procedure. Brazing is accomplished by placing a filler metal with a lower melting point than the base metals. The pieces are then heated to the melting point of the filler metal, which joins the base metals through capillary action. Vacuum furnace brazing also allows multiple parts to be brazed at the same time, increasing convenience and efficiency.
VACUUM BRAZING CHICAGO
Applied Thermal Technologies, Inc. is a Chicago area metal processing company that provides vacuum brazing services. Brazing is commonly used in the aerospace and medical industries, as well as in military and automotive applications. Applied Thermal Technologies, Inc. provides brazing services to all of these industries in the greater Chicago area. Applied Thermal also provides many other heat treating services.
VACUUM HEAT TREATING
Applied Thermal Technologies is a vacuum heat treating and metal processing company specializing in vacuum heat treating and bright brazing of stainless steel and exotic alloys. It was created in 1992 to service the medical and speciality products industries. Our industrial furnaces feature temperatures to 2800 degrees F, levels to 10-6 Torr, all metal hot zones and extremely rapid cooling. Our personnel work with customers in determining their particular requirements and are available for technical assistance in metallurgy, vacuum heat treating, and brazing. We offer annealing, precipitation hardening, stress relieve, harden and temper and homogenizing casting forms of vacuum heat treating service solutions.
VALIDATED HEAT TREATING
Applied Thermal is leading the way for validations in the heat treating process. Applied Thermal has validation work for 17-4, 455, 465, 420, and 440 stainless steels. Contact Applied Thermal to discuss the validation of your heat treating process at our facility.