Advanced Heat Treatment Solutions

Reasons why you should HIP

100% of theoretical density

• Longer life time
• Predictive life time
• Lighter and/or low weight designs

Improved material properties

• Increased mechanical properties e.g. fatigue, wear, abrasion
• Reduced scatter in mechanical properties
• Increased corrosion properties

More efficient production

• Reduced scrap rates
• NNS to precise tolerance

HIP is expanding into new applications such as:

• Very large castings
• Very large HIP clad P/M to solid or P/M to P/M wear components
• Metal injection molded parts
• Large P/M parts to replaceextended-delivery forgings

Controlled cooling rates up to 3,000°C/min can be achieved by combining possibilities of pressure and temperature control that the URQ can offer:

• Heat treatment steps can be included into the HIP cycle
• Shortened lead time
• Process steps, like stress relief, can be removed from the usual process route to increase productivity and lower cost/kg

Benefits compared to conventional heat treatment methods:

• Programmable temperature distribution with good accuracy
• No distortion due to reduced thermal stresses
• No cleaning or drying of parts after quenching
• Reduced cracking

New and unique materials can be achieved

• Material optimization
• Improved fatigue and ductility
• Non-castable alloy compositions

Common applications include

• Defect healing of Castings
• Consolidation of powder metal and ceramic parts
• Diffusion bonding

Uniform Rapid Quenching of hammerhead – 500 C/min

Due to the high pressure, quenching in a HIP avoids thermal stresses, warping or cracking of your parts, compared with oil and/or water quenching.