HEAT TREATING
Precision Pump & Valve Service, Inc. offers specialized heat treating services for power plants, focused on improving the physical and mechanical properties of metal components used in power generation facilities. Our expert team, state-of-the-art equipment, and advanced facilities ensure that your power plant components can withstand harsh operating conditions and maintain structural integrity over time.
Our Heat Treating Services for Power Plant Components:
- Annealing: Softening the metal by heating it to a specific temperature and then gradually cooling it, annealing enhances ductility and formability.
- Normalizing: Normalizing removes internal stress and improves the metal’s microstructure uniformity, resulting in increased strength and stability.
- Hardening: We enhance the hardness and strength of metal components by heating them to a high temperature and then rapidly cooling them.
- Tempering: Tempering improves toughness and ductility by heating the metal to a lower temperature after hardening, resulting in a more resilient component.
- Surface Treatments: We offer surface treatments such as carburizing, nitriding, and induction hardening to improve wear and corrosion resistance for enhanced component longevity.
Heat treating can also include surface treatments such as carburizing, nitriding and induction hardening. These processes aim to improve the wear and corrosion resistance of the component.
Overall, industrial heat treating services are crucial for power plants to ensure that the equipment is able to withstand the harsh operating conditions and maintain its structural integrity over time. It also helps in extending the life of the components, reduce maintenance costs and increase the reliability of the power plant.