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Increase Ductility, Reduce Stress, and Build Long-Term Reliability
Hardness and strength aren’t enough to ensure metal applications stand the test of time. If a component can’t adapt under pressure, it’s only a matter of time before you’re facing unplanned repairs or costly downtime.
TEAM’s expansion heat treating services elevate ductility and resilience by increasing the kinetic energy of metal atoms — reshaping dimensions and transforming internal structures to reduce stress and enhance performance. Our approach supports both mechanical function and metallurgical stability, delivering the wear resistance, stress relief, and adaptability critical to long-term success.
As part of TEAM360, our expansion heat treating services integrate seamlessly with inspection, monitoring, and digital validation tools to ensure every treatment is traceable, optimized, and aligned with your asset strategy. With over 50 years of thermal expertise, TEAM delivers precision-driven support for your most demanding expansion challenges.
Strength That Stretches
Discover how expansion heat treating increases ductility, reduces stress, and keeps your components performing under pressure.
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Why It Matters
Elevating the structural integrity and performance of metals
When metals are heated, they expand due to the increased kinetic energy of their atoms. Expansion heat treating helps manage and relieve internal stresses in metals, allowing them to respond more effectively to pressure and perform at higher levels long term. Expansion heating also ensures component alignment in industries such as aerospace and automotive, where precise tolerances are crucial.
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Our Advanced Approach
Meticulous heating, soaking and cooling strategy
First, we carefully consider the metal’s specifications and desired results, then calculate the ideal temperature to induce internal structural changes. We hold the metal at this temperature during the soaking phase to ensure uniform transformation and consistent microstructural changes. Finally, we select a cooling method—quenching or gradual—based on the required outcome, locking in the benefits and ensuring the metal meets specific application requirements.
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Stress Management
Mitigating internal stresses to preserve structural integrity
TEAM’s advanced approach carefully controls thermal expansion heat treating and subsequent contraction to maintain the structural integrity of the metal, significantly reducing the risk of warping or cracking. By precisely managing these stresses, we ensure that the material remains stable and resilient during subsequent processing and its final application.
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Treatment Preparation
Setting the stage for optimal metal enhancement
Expansion heat treating is often a preliminary step before other heat treatment processes like hardening or tempering. This phase prepares the metal by inducing controlled thermal expansion, which alters its microstructure and enhances its readiness for further treatments. TEAM’s heat expansion heat treating lays a solid foundation for subsequent processes, ensuring desired properties are solidified with greater efficiency.
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Enhanced Wear Resistance
Boosting durability for high-stress applications
Through precise expansion heating, TEAM significantly enhances metals’ wear resistance, making them ideally suited for applications involving high friction and mechanical stress. This process is particularly crucial for components such as tools and machinery parts, which must withstand severe wear and tear over time.
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Improved Ductility and Toughness
Balancing strength and flexibility for industrial assets
Following the hardening process, metals can become too brittle for practical use. TEAM’s approach to expansion heating, followed by controlled tempering, strikes the perfect balance between hardness and ductility. By reheating the hardened metal to a precise temperature and then gradually cooling it, we reduce brittleness while maintaining much of the increased hardness.
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