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T BALAMURUGAN
SENIOR WELDING INSPECTOR
WHAT IS HEAT TREATMENT?
• Heat Treatment is the controlled
heating and cooling of metals to
alter their physical and mechanical
properties, without changing the
product shape
• SERVICE CONDITION
(Eg. Caustic)
• MATERIAL GRADE AND
THICKNESS
• WHERE HARDNESS LIMITS ARE
SPECIFIED.
HOW TO PERFORM POST WELD
HEAT TREATMENT
• FIXED FURNACE
• TEMPORARY FURNACE
• INTERNAL FIRING
• LOCAL HEATING
• PARTIAL HEAT TREATMENT
FIXED FURNACE