Effective Nitride Treatments in Flint, MI
When it comes to nitride treatments, Woodworth Heat Treating is the leader in North America. With 33 furnaces, we have a tremendous amount of capacity to treat several parts at the same time. All of our furnaces are identical in size, allowing us to process stamping dies at both of our facilities in Pontiac and Flint, Michigan.
This capacity also allows us to treat and ship parts faster than others in our industry. Our turnaround time is around 3-4 days, depending on the customer’s polishing requirements. To learn more about our nitriding process or request an estimate on this treatment for your stamping dies or other parts, contact our team today.
The Benefits of Nitride
Woodworth’s nitride treatment provides a variety of benefits for manufacturers across industries in Flint, MI. Contact us to see how this treatment can benefit your parts. Our team can walk you through the process and answer any questions.
Increased Hardness
Our nitride treatments can increase your part’s surface hardness to an average of around 60 HRC.
Corrosion Resistance
Nitride can increase your part’s corrosion resistance, helping it withstand harsh industrial environments.
Suitable for Most Materials
Most types of steel can be treated with nitride, allowing you a wider choice of materials for your parts.
Flint’s FAQs About Nitride
Regardless of industry, you may have questions about our nitride treatments. Woodworth Heat Treating’s experts are here to answer your questions about this treatment and how it can be applied to stamping dies of all kinds. If you don’t see your question below, contact us. We’d be happy to help you find the answers.
At Woodworth Heat Treating, we use gas nitriding in all of our nitride treatments. Unlike plasma nitriding, gas nitriding presents no risk of trapped gas or hollow cathodes that can create potential hotspots or overheating on the surface of the treated part. This ensures that your part achieves the desired hardness level. For more information about our nitriding process, contact our team today.
Yes. At Woodworth Heat Treating, hardness maps are produced for each part we treat. This is done to check hardness measurements for all critical surfaces before and after treatment. We can provide this information to you upon request.
Nitride treatments involve placing the parts to be treated into a furnace at a set temperature for a certain amount of time. All parts are placed on a flat surface to ensure dimensional stability and effective treatment. The entire process is precisely controlled to ensure the desired results have been achieved. To learn more about Woodworth’s nitriding process, contact our team today.
Explore Your Nitride Treatment Options Today
Like other manufacturing components, stamping dies face some of the harshest environments. To help these parts last longer and reduce your operation’s downtime, nitride treatment can be beneficial. Woodworth Heat Treating offers this treatment and others at our facilities in Flint and Pontiac, MI.
Our entire nitriding process is computer-controlled, ensuring uniformity of case depth and hardness, regardless of your part’s size and geometry. We even certify our results with test coupons, which represent the material of the treated parts. To explore your nitride treatment options, contact us today.