Heat Treatment--Metal

About the Heat Treatment-Metal heading in Yellow™

Are you searching the ‘net for information on metal heat treatment?  Then try checking out this Yellow™ heading.  Metal heat treatment is a process that is conducted to alter either the physical and / or chemical properties of metal.  The process is used for many reasons, particularly when metal must be forged into a particular shape, design, etc.  While heat treatments are used for other purposes in addition to just metals, each process differs in that of the material’s properties.  Heat treatments are essentially the only way to change the physical makeup of a piece of metal.

If you’re looking to forge two pieces of metal together, or in otherwise weld two pieces of metal together, you are in essence doing a heat treatment on that given piece of metal.  For example, if a shipyard is working on building a particular ship, they must generally weld pieces of metal together to provide a water tight seal, as well as a seal that is not prone to breaking.  What they’ve done upon completion is essentially turn two separate pieces of metal into one, and did so through a heat treatment.  Welding uses very high temperature and high pressure flames to melt a small and focused area of the raw metal, allowing two separate pieces to be joined together.

Heat treatments are also used when metal is being forged into a specific shape.  For example, when molten metal is poured into a cast to create a shape, such as an auto part, it has been taken through the stages of heat treatment.  For more information on heat treatment, consult your local provider found within Yellow™.



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