Heat Treatment Engineering

Heat treatment is a process used to achieve desired physical and mechanical properties in metals. Common techniques include annealing, case hardening, precipitation strengthening, tempering, carburizing, normalizing, and quenching. The design of a heat treatment profile depends on the required characteristics. While industrial procedures are standardized, there is always potential for optimizing results by adjusting one or more parameters.

These parameters include heating rate, soaking temperature, soaking time, number of soaking stages, cooling rate, cooling temperature, quenching medium, quenchant temperature, quenchant agitation rate, part stacking, stacking distance, load weight, and more. Selecting the appropriate treatment requires a deep understanding of the material’s characteristics and how they are influenced by these factors.

Heat treatment engineering is a precise skill, and even standard specifications can often be refined. At CogentLab, we leverage simulation, DSC analysis, and lab-scale ovens to meticulously develop