The heat treatment specialists
TOOLING and General Heat Treatment provide heat treatment services to businesses throughout Australia.
Customers range from manufacturers of high performance race/rally gearboxes to heat treatment for oil and gas equipment suppliers.
Using the latest equipment and processes, the company offers a range of heat treatments including case hardening (gas carburising), vacuum heat treatment and nitriding, customised to client specifications – and it operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Specialties
Tooling and General offers expert technical advice to ensure materials and heat treatments combine to give maximum performance.
New processes are continually being developed to provide clients with improved component performance and service life.
Specialties include carburizing ( case- hardening) of gears and shafts for all applications, from high performance automotive though to large earthmoving equipment.
Tooling and General has the ability to carburise to depths of up to 3.5mm for drilling pistons and large earthmoving gears.
The company can also handle tiny hydraulic spools and fittings with case depths of 0.25mm.
Process control
The control of heat treatment processes is absolutely critical as parts are often finish machined.
Tooling and General’s furnace equipment is regulated by temperature controllers linked to a master computer system.
This provides 24-hour monitoring, control and traceability of all work.
Data logging of furnace parameters is recorded and can be supplied with completed work.
Controller calibration is carried out by a NATA certified company.
Case studies: Mining equipment transmission gear
A gear used in locally produced mining equipment was heat treated in the USA.
The results were unsatisfactory with high distortion after carburising or inadequate strength when nitrided.
Tooling and General Heat Treatment used its extensive experience and heat treatment knowledge to carburise the gear with minimal distortion and increase the service life.
Tool and dies
A customer was having high wear and galling when punching stainless steel.
Tooling and General Heat Treatment was able to assist by recommending a different material and heat treatment for the punch.
The results were improved punch life and component surface finish.