HEAT TREATMENT

Solutionizing and Aging
Solutionizing is the process to the appropriate temperature and cooling them quickly enough to ensure that they remain in solution after obtaining a solid solution at that temperature for a certain time such as aluminum, nickel and stainless steels. This heat treatment method is applied to increase the strength of the parts.

Quench and Tempering
It is the quenching and tempering process performed to obtain the desired mechanical properties of the part. It is applied when the part is desired to be strength and hardness after the process.

Recrystallization
It is a type of heat treatment that is generally applied to parts hardened by cold working and increases ductility by reducing strength and hardness. 

Tempering
It is to eliminate the internal stress and brittleness that occurs in the part during the quenching process.

Annealing 
It is applied to reduce hardness of the part and increase its ductility by heating it to certain temperature and cooling it slowly in order to correct the structure properties by eliminating the internal stresses of the part.

Normalization
It is applied to obtain the desired mechanical properties by giving the steel a homogeneous and fine-grained microstructure.

Softening Annealing
The thin and needle-like carbide structures turn into short and spherical structures, resulting in a softer structure.