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May 17, 2012
Fastener Heat-Treating Tips (part 3)
We continue with our discussion on the heat treatment of fasteners by offering additional tips for the heat treater.
Tip #5: Clean and Dry Parts
Many fastener operations heat treat poorly cleaned parts. While most heat-treat processes can tolerate wet or oily parts, especially with respect to atmosphere control, this is no excuse for not taking the time to understand how to better clean your parts. More..
Outstanding service begins with the right people
Our goal of complete customer satisfaction starts with our people. We hire the best and brightest employees from various fields. Then we add training of our own. Not only in their areas of expertise, but also in customer services, responsiveness, safety, quality assurance programs
and more. We also work to instill a high degree of pride in our company and what we do. So all of our employees from the bottom to the top are dedicated to making Houston Heat Treat the best it can be.
The next step in achieving our goal is involvement with our customers. When you sign on with Houston Heat Treat, we begin by working extensively with you and your process engineers. We study your parts and your processes so we can identify potential problems before they arise. In addition, you have access to our quality assurance professionals. Only after we’ve completed a detailed analysis of your specific needs do we create a customized process that will give you’re the best possible results. So when production of your parts begins, you’re assured that they’ll be exactly to your specifications.
Our dedication to superior customer service doesn’t end with heat treating. Whether you have a billing question, need to check on a shipment or are looking for some technical advice, our staff is here to help with quick answers and sound solutions. And we always stay in touch to make sure you’re satisfied and to discover if we can improve our service to you.
November 27, 2008
Latest Houston Heat Treat upgrades:
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4 ATMOSPHERE / OIL QUENCH FURNACES Up to 3,000 pounds 30” x 30” x 48” Up to 1900 Deg. F. Oil Quenching
Atmosphere Process Atmosphere Annealing Atmosphere Carbonitriding Atmosphere Carbon Restoration Atmosphere Carburizing Atmosphere Normalizing Quench & Temper
2 Gas Nitride Furnaces 15,000 pounds Max weight load Up to 64” Dia x 96” H
Open Fire Heat Treat / Water Up to 25,000 pounds 48” W x 48” H x 16’ Long Up to 1850 Deg. F.
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7 TEMPER FURNACES Up to 25,000 pounds Up to 16 Feet Up to 1850 Deg. F.
Temper Process Age Hardening Anneal for Machining Full Anneal Post Weld Heat Treating (Code Stress Relieve) Regular Temper Stress Relieve Temper Anneal
Sub Zero Treatment (Deep Freeze – Cryogenics) Liquid or Gas Up to 3000 pounds 30”W x 36”H x 50”L
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3VACUUM FURNACES Up to 3,000 pounds 40” Dia x 36” H x 52” L Up to 2400 Deg. F.
Vacuum Process Heat treat tool steels Heat treat stainless steels Vacuum Age Hardening Vacuum Braze Vacuum Full Anneal Vacuum Normalizing Vacuum Solution Anneal Vacuum Temper
Alum – Oxide Blasting Up to 2,000 pounds 30” x 30” x 50”
Table Blasting Up to 2,000 pounds 36” Dia x 36” High
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Masking Protecto-Metal No-Carb No-Carb Green
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Testing Hardness Testing Micro, HRC, HRB, HRA, 15N, BRINEL, EQUO-TIP Outside Lab Services
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COMING SOON
Induction Process Induction Annealing Induction Hardening Induction Tempering
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Houston Heat Treat’s Furnace and Procedures are qualified to meet AMS-H-6875A and AMS 2750 latest revisions.
This according to Robert Gutierrez, Vice President / Operations Manager of Houston Heat Treat
Process not listed; please call Robert Gutierrez or Mark Tate at 281-590-9600 for further information.
Houston Heat Treat Services, a Houston heat treating company has since 2007 provided exceptional quality service in the thermal processing of both ferrous and non-ferrous metal alloy. Our dedication to quality is unsurpassed. We don't make your product, but we recognize that you depend on us to make it better. That is why we deliver quality in everything we do, from design to delivery.
Houston Heat Treating is housed in a specialized facility designed specifically for metal treating. This facility holds numerous high capacity furnaces that will bring your metal parts up to ISO9001 standards. HHT is located at 13802 Chrisman, Houston, Texas 77039 in the northern area of Houston Texas.
Industrial companies we serve include the Oil field, military, Houston machine and forge shops, foundries, and other manufacturing companies dealing with metals. Industries who receive our industrial products would include, OEM's, Aerospace, Fluid Controls, Oil and Energy Markets, Consumer Automotive, Off-Road Specialty, Oceaneering space systems, and Commercial. Some of our clients include Halliburton, Schlumberger, Baker Oil Tools, and Weatherford.
Houston Heat Treat has a facility that houses many furnaces and gives us the capability to produce our large orders. Future expansion is planned in our building to meet the increase in demand of Heat treated metal orders. Houston Heat Treat specializes in heat treating services for forges, pipe, and metals, especially Tempering, Carburizing, and Hardening. We have now expanded from one vacuum furnace to three vacuum furnaces. This is due to an increased need in the Houston area for a qualified vacuum heat treater. We have now added our third vacuum furnace. We will break ground for our forth vacuum early 2009.
Houston Heat Treat a Houston heat treating company is QS9000 and ISO9001 certified and provides specialty Heat Treat services in Houston, Texas
For more information on our services, please contact us via e-mail
Robert Gutierrez - RGutierrez@HoustonHeatTreat.com
Mark Tate - Sales or Technical assistance - MTate@HoustonHeattreat.com
or call us at 281-590-9600.
