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At Fisher Barton, heat treating services are used to enhance the surface properties of many different components. Our engineers are adept at stress relieving methods that meet ASME, AWS and General Electrical standards. Age, case, flame, rim toughening, still air, oil, normalizing, high speed induction, water bath, vacuum and ferric nitro-carburizing hardening methods are available. At Fisher Barton's state-of-the-art facility, our engineers utilize full, intercritical, isothermal, recovery, recrystallization, solution, spheroidize, subcritical and intermediate annealing methods. Our workforce excels at austempering, forced air, martempering, oil, selective, still air, time-controlled and water quenching methods.

Materials we work with include aluminum, beryllium copper, stainless steel, titanium, steel, tool steel, nickel cobalt alloys and metal powders. Our additional heat treating methods are cryogenic, fluidized bed, laser, hydrogen atmosphere, rapid infrared and vacuum. Additional services such as fabrication, grinding, polishing, straightening, hardness testing, process development, bead and sand blasting are offered. Fisher Barton is a member of American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, Association of Equipment Manufacturers and ASM International.

Our efficiency allows us to provide lights out and lean manufacturing. Prototype, low to high volume production and blanket orders are supported. Fisher Barton is ISO 9001:2015, Kaizen/5S, yellow, green and black belt Six Sigma certified. Our clients come from various industries including agriculture, construction, energy, food processing, medical, mining, recycling, roofing and transportation. To know more about our world-class heat treating services, contact us today.
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Annealing Methods1 N/A Full (Full Anneal (650 - 1650 ºF)) Intercritical (Intercritical Anneal (1335 - 1600 ºF)) Intermediate (Intermediate Anneal (500 - 1400 ºF)) Isothermal (Isothermal Anneal (1300 - 1650 ºF)) Process (Process Anneal (500 - 1400 ºF)) Recovery (Recovery Anneal (300 - 1000 ºF)) Recrystallization (Recrystallization Anneal (330 - 1450 ºF)) Solution (Solution Anneal (900 - 2250 ºF)) Spheroidize (Spheroidize Anneal (1200 - 1400 ºF)) Subcritical (Subcritical Anneal (500 - 1400 ºF))
Hardening Methods2 N/A Age (Age Hardening (300 - 1400 ºF)) Carburizing (Carburizing methods introduce carbon by the use of gas, liquids - salt bath carburizing, or solid compounds - pack carburizing to the metal being treated.) Case (The process of hardening the surface of the steel while leaving the interior unchanged.) Ferritic Nitro-Carburizing Flame (A surface hardening process in which heat is applied by a high temperature flame followed by quenching jets of water. It is usually applied to medium to large size components such as large gears, sprockets, slide ways of machine tools, bearing surfaces of shafts and axles, etc. Steels most suited have a carbon content within the range 0.40 - 0.55 %.) Forced Air (Forced Air Hardening. This process is applied to medium carbon low alloy grades of steel for improved strength, hardness, and toughness with reduced risk of distortion.) High Speed Induction (A widely used process for the surface hardening of steel. The components are heated by means of an alternating magnetic field to a temperature within or above the transformation range followed by immediate quenching. The core of the component remains unaffected by the treatment and its physical properties are those of the bar from which it was machined, while the hardness of the case can be within the range 37/58 Rc. Carbon and alloy steels with a carbon content in the range 0.40/0.45 % are most suitable for this process.) Nitro-Carburizing (Carburizing methods introduce carbon by the use of gas, liquids - salt bath carburizing, or solid compounds - pack carburizing, to the metal being treated.) Normalizing (Normalizing (1600 - 1800 ºF)) Oil (Oil Hardening (350 - 1200 ºF)) Rim Toughening (Rim toughening is a form of treatment for crane and industrial car wheels. In rim toughening, the wheel is spin quenched and tempered. The process yields a hardness depth to 1.5 inches.) Salt Bath (A method of heating steel using a bath of molten salts.
For hardening, sodium cyanide, sodium carbonate and sodium chloride are generally used.) Secondary (An increase in hardness which occurs when hardened steel is re-heated.) Still Air (Still air hardening process is applied to air-hardening grades of steel for improved hardness, strength and toughness.) Vacuum Carburizing (Vacuum carburizing and plasma carburizing introduce carbon to the metal being treated.) Water Bath (Water Bath (Up to 2250 ºF))
Quenching Methods3 N/A Austempering (Austemping Process (590 - 710° F)) Forced Air (Forced-Air Quench (Up to 2250 ºF)) Martempering (A heat treatment use austenitisation then step quenching.) Oil (Oil Quench (Up to 2250 ºF)) Selective (Selective Quench (Up to 2250 ºF)) Still Air (Still Air Quench (Up to 2250 ºF) Then Tempered (350 - 1200 ºF)) Time-Controlled (Time-Controlled Quench (Up to 2250 ºF)) Water (Water Quench (Up to 2250 ºF))
Stress Relieving Methods4 N/A ASME Section I
  • ASME Section I (900 - 1300 ºF)
  • ASME Section I, PW-39
ASME Section VIII
  • ASME Section VIII (900 - 1300 ºF)
  • ASME Section VIII, UCS-56
AWS D1.1
  • AWS D1.1 (900 - 1200 ºF)
  • AWS D1.1, 5.8
General Electric P10G-AL-0003
  • General Electric P10G-AL-0003 (1125 - 1200 ºF)
General Electric P10G-AL-0004
  • General Electric P10G-AL-00034 (1250 - 1300 ºF)
General Electric P8A-AG1
  • General Electric P8A-AG1 (1125 - 1275 ºF)
Low Temperature
  • Low Temperature Stress Relieve (325 - 775 ºF)
Standard
  • Standard Stress Relieve (1100 - 1200 ºF)
      • Tempering
      • Tempering (350 - 1250 ºF)
      Westinghouse 83030QA
      • Westinghouse 83030QA (1175 ºF ± 25 ºF)

Additional Heat Treating Methods

 N/A Cryogenic (Sub-zero temperature applications.) Fluidized Bed Hydrogen Atmosphere Laser Rapid Infrared Vacuum (When metals or alloys are heated to high temperatures in a vacuum furnace, there is no oxygen present to oxidize and discolor the surface of the material.)

Materials

 N/A Aluminum Beryllium Copper Metal Powders Nickel Cobalt Alloys Stainless Steel Steel Titanium Tool Steel

Additional Services Provided

 N/A Bead Blasting Fabrication Grinding Hardness Testing On-Site Polishing Process Development Sand Blasting Straightening Technical Support

Production Volume

 N/A Prototype Low Volume High Volume Blanket Orders

Lead Times

 N/A Emergency Services Available Quoted on Job by Job Basis Rush Services Available

Efficiency

 N/A Yellow Belt Six Sigma Certification Green Belt Six Sigma Certification Black Belt Six Sigma Certification Lights Out Manufacturing Lean Manufacturing Kaizen/5S

Certifications

 N/A ISO 9001:2015

Memberships

 N/A American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Association of Equipment Manufacturers Additional Surveillance Measure (ASM) International Outdoor Power Equipment Institute Precision Metalforming Association Thermal Spray Society

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Industry Focus

 N/A Agriculture Construction Converting Corrugated Energy Food Processing Medical Mining Motion Control Recycling Roofing Transportation Turf Care

File Formats

 N/A AlphaCAM (AMD, ATD) AutoCAD (DWG, DWZ) BMP (Bit Mapped Graphics) Catia (CATDrawing, CATPart) Delcam (DGK, DMT) DXF (Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format) GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) IGES (Initial Graphics Exchange Specification, ANSI File Format) Inventor (IDW, IPT) IronCAD (ICD, ICS) JPG or JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) MasterCam (MDX, MC8, MC9, SET) PDES (Product Data Exchange using STEP, Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data. A standard format for exchanging data between advanced CAD and CAM programs.) PDF (Portable Document Format) Pro-E or Pro/Engineer (DRW, PRT, XPR) SAT (3D ACIS Model File) SolidEdge (DFT) SolidWorks (SLDPRT, SLDDRW, SLDDRT) STEP (Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data) SurfCam (DSN) TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) TurboCAD (TCW, TCX) Unigraphics (PRT)
  • 1 Annealing (300 - 2250 ºF) The purpose for this treatment is to remove stresses or soften the material for improved machinability or formability, alter the physical or mechanical properties or produce a defined structure.
  • 2 Hardening (up to 2250 ºF) Hardening via water-quench, oil-quench, forced- or still air quench, or aging results in improved mechanical properties, hardness, and toughness of the alloy material.
  • 3 Quenching (2250 ºF max) Quenching is an integral part of hardening via water-quench, oil-quench, forced- or still air quench, solution anneal and age, resulting in improved mechanical properties, hardness, and toughness of the alloy material.
  • 4 Stress Relieving (300 - 1400 ºF) Thermal Stress Relieving is generally applied to metallic materials that have been cold-worked, formed, machined, flame-cut, or weld-fabricated to reduce residual stresses for dimensional stability or reduced risk of premature failure in service.