Heat Treatment
Our facility includes liquid quenching tanks, case carburizing and induction surface hardening capabilities.
Our Facility
Our heat treatment facility employs regulated heating and cooling methods to modify the properties of materials, mainly metals and alloys.
These facilities provide a variety of heat treatment services, such as annealing, hardening, tempering, normalising, and several specialised treatments including carburizing, nitriding and precipitation hardening.
Our objective is to improve all our material’s strength, hardness, ductility and other sought-after attributes.
Liquid Quenching Tanks
Our facilities are equipped with liquid quenching tanks to rapidly cool heated metal components, thereby imparting essential material properties such as hardness and strength.
These tanks are filled with a cooling medium, which may include water, oil, or polymer solutions and are crucial in regulating the cooling rate to ensure that the metal attains the desired characteristics.
Case Carburizing
We utilise this heat treatment method to enhance the surface hardness of low-carbon steel components. This is accomplished by diffusing carbon into the steel’s surface, resulting in a hard, wear-resistant outer layer (referred to as the “case”) while preserving a tougher, more ductile core.
This blend of characteristics is advantageous for components that must endure both wear and impact or stress.
Induction Surface Hardening
We employ induction surface hardening in our heat treatment procedures, which utilise electromagnetic induction to selectively heat the surface of a metal component, followed by rapid cooling (quenching) to form a hardened surface layer.
This method improves wear resistance and fatigue life while preserving the essential core properties of the part.
CONTACT NUMBER
+27 (0) 11 392 1714
EMAIL ADDRESS
info@harcliff.co.za
ADDRESS
61/62 Fleming Road, Meadowdale, Germiston, 1614, South Africa
