During manufacturing, some materials might need to be involved in procedures that alter their grain structure. Heat treatments are a way of using controlled heating and cooling procedures to change metal’s physical properties and improve them to be used in a large range of industries.

 Heat Treatment can alter a material’s physical (mechanical) properties and it aids in other manufacturing steps. It relieves stresses, making the part easier to machine or weld, increases strength, making the material ductile or more flexible, or introduces wear resistance (hardness) characteristics, either just to the surface or right through the part.