TPT January 2011

I ndustry N ews

Growth projected for specialist heat treatment services

DEBBIE Mellor, MD of metallurgical and laboratory service specialist Keighley Laboratories, is projecting 25% growth for the firm’s heat treatment business. Much of this increased customer demand is being driven by its gas-fired pit furnace facility, one of only a handful in the UK, which accommodates metal components vertically and enables processes like carburising, case hardening, carbonitriding and tempering to be carried out with minimal distortion, in accordance with precise customer specifications. The company has also commissioned a new jig to enable an even wider range of components to be processed, including large rectangular blocks. The company’s heat treatment division offers a comprehensive range of surface engineering services to UK engineers, which also includes induction hardening, hardening and tempering, stress relieving, ferritic nitrocarburising or Tufftriding, austempering and martempering, and normalising, with

nitriding to be added once the scheduled new building programme is complete. Working to BS EN ISO 9001, BS EN 9100 and aerospace standard AS9100 rev B, it serves a broadening customer base that takes in the construction and mining, engineering, petrochemical, oil and gas, aviation, transport, defence, nuclear and energy markets, giving clients access to in-depth metallurgical experience and expertise. “Our expertise really focuses on our highly accurate furnace controls, which we program in-house, and the immense knowledge and skills of our qualified staff, including our furnace operators who undergo rigorous training and continuous skills development,” said heat treatment commercial manager Michael Emmott, who has had hands-on experience of all processes and provides technical support in the field. “We work in close partnership with our customers, helping them to develop

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