SERVICE
Heat Treating
As a premier heat treating company, we offer a wide range of heat treating services, including neutral hardening, carburizing, carbon-nitride, stress relief, and annealing. Our atmosphere furnaces are capable of handling parts as large as 1.25 inches in diameter and as small as a number 3.
To demonstrate our long-term commitment to quality and technical competency, Chem-Plate Industries currently holds accreditation through IATF 16949 for heat treatment as well as with the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA).
Why Choose Chem-Plate Industries
FOR ALL YOUR HEAT TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS
State-Of-The-Art Furnaces
Seven state-of-the-art mesh and cast link belt furnaces, each capable of processing from 4,000 to 7,500 pounds per hour.
Industrial-Strength Systems
Wonderware computer system that controls loading, processing, and tracking systems.
Efficient Logistic Solutions
Process and production controls are linked with transport services to deliver optimum logistic solutions to supply all of our customers.
High Industry Standards
Meeting or exceeding high industry standards, our atmosphere heat-treating facilities service a wide variety of industries ranging from automotive, construction, to heavy machinery.
Unbeatable Support
Employees who are eager to ensure that all customers and their products are thoroughly treated with care.
Customer-First Management
Continuously improving management systems, we never forget that the customer has invested time, money, and resources in all of the products we treat.
Metallurgical Laboratory Equipment Capabilities Include:
Rockwell/Superficial Hardness testers
Vickers and Knoop Microhardness testers
Metallographic systems
Microscopes with 50x – 1000x magnification capabilities
Tensile strength testing
State of the art cross-section and mount polishing systems
As one of the nation's premier heat treating companies, We take great pride in our process controls and our ability to give our customers what they need. Chem-Plate Industries provides services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week operation, with experienced personnel on-site at all times.
For further information please contact us or call 847-640-1600.
Types of Heat Treating
Induction
Over the years Chem-Plate Industries has developed an excellent reputation in our region for high quality, on-time work – all at competitive prices.
Chem-Plate Industries currently has four automatic induction lines capable of handling fasteners as large as M14 and as small as M4 in diameter.
Induction hardening is a metal heat treatment process that utilizes a controllable and localized method of heat without contact with the metal parts or components being heated. The heat is generated by inducing an electromagnetic field of a current to the object being heated. This provides very economical, rapid, and targeted heat treating of metal materials. This process is commonly used in products such as self-tapping screws.
Neutral Harden
Through hardening, also referred to as “Neutral and temper”, is a process typically done by heating the steel above the critical temperature and holding for a period of time long enough, so the internal structure completely transforms to austenite, then cooling it rapidly by submerging parts in an Oil Quench Media.
During this process, steel parts will undergo changes in their mechanical properties and as a result, parts will have increased hardness and strength, but the brittleness increases too simultaneously. Therefore, a Tempering process will follow after hardening to obtain specific values of mechanical properties and to relieve internal stresses and Brittleness induced during the hardening process.
Case Harden
Carburizing is a type of hardening process particularly done in a carbon enriched endothermic atmosphere suited for components that need a thorough hardening core with a harder surface layer, this is accomplished by diffusing carbon into the surface of low carbon steels to increase the carbon content to sufficient levels so that the surface will respond to heat treatment and produce a hard and wear-resistant layer.
Carbonitride is a modified version of gas carburizing where ammonia is added to the endothermic atmosphere suitable for plain low-carbon steels that will not achieve a uniform case hardening in gas carburizing. Carbonitride is ideal for producing a thin high hardness case layer that gives the part an improved resistance to wear.
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