Heat treatments

Heat treatments

A heat treating includes a series of thermal processes carried out on metals or metal alloys in order to achieve a particular metallurgical structure and specific final properties.

The steps consist of a heating at a suitable and predetermined temperature, keeping the piece at this T for enough time and cooling down to the ambient conditions in accordance with definite procedures.

The most important scopes of heat treatments are:

Metalprove S.r.l. chiefly carries out heat treatments of welding, by using electrical resistances as heating source. The main types of heat treatment performed are preheating, preheat maintenance and Post Welding Heat Treatment (PWHT).