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Tips for Heat Treating Fasteners - Part 1

2011-02-23

Tip #1: The Steelmaking Process Affects Heat Treating Many Heat Treaters don’t understand that steelmaking practices directly influences fastener properties. In selecting a type of steel, particular attention should be given to the deoxidation practice. Many desirable properties such as hardness, tensile and yield strength, and elongation are not only a function of fastener size and the heat treat parameters used, but also depend upon steel quality.