Reduce internal stress in steel components and achieve desired properties with heat treatment services, including normalising steel and metal stress relieving.
At Colstan Profiles, we’ve tailored our services to meet the needs of your project from initial production stages to completion. This comprehensive approach includes profiling, secondary services, and finishing operations, ensuring a seamless process for all your steel requirements.
Why Choose Metal Normalising?
Normalising steel is a vital heat treatment process that refines the grain structure of the material, enhancing its mechanical properties. By heating steel to an elevated temperature and allowing it to cool naturally in room air, normalising achieves:
- Improved Ductility: The steel becomes more formable and easier to machine.
- Reduced Stress: Alleviates residual stresses, minimising the risk of structural failure.
- Consistent Microstructure: Promotes uniformity for better performance.
Compared to other techniques like annealing, normalising is a more time- and cost-effective method for enhancing material properties while maintaining superior toughness.
Working With Us in 3 Easy Steps...
1. We work from your drawings, which can be submitted quickly and simply through our website, to provide you with a quotation. Click here.
2. Once the quotation has been agreed, we will move into production; we hold a range of steels in stock to begin the project as quickly as possible.
3. Once complete, your parts and components will be quality checked and successfully delivered utilising our delivery fleet.
Stress Relieving for Steel Components
Our stress relieving steel services are designed to reduce residual stresses caused by processes such as hot rolling, welding, or cutting. Unlike normalising, stress relieving does not alter the material's microstructure or mechanical properties. Instead, it focuses on:
- Minimising Distortion: Ensures dimensional stability during further processing or application.
- Enhancing Durability: Prevents stress-related deformation over time.
For applications requiring precise dimensional accuracy, metal stress relieving is the preferred method.
Our Heat Treatment Process
At Colstan Profiles, we prepare steel components for further manufacturing or improved application performance through a meticulous heat treatment process:
- Heating: The steel is brought to a temperature above its recrystallisation point (normalising) or held at lower temperatures (stress relieving).
- Cooling: For normalising, the material cools naturally in room air, while stress-relieved steel undergoes controlled cooling to prevent property alterations.
- Quality Assurance: The treated steel is inspected to ensure it meets your specifications and project requirements.
Applications of Normalising and Stress Relieving
Our services cater to various industries requiring robust, high-performance materials:
- Automotive: Enhancing the toughness of ferritic stainless steel components.
- Manufacturing: Reducing brittleness in carbon steel caused by cold rolling.
- Nuclear and Power Generation: Restoring the microstructure of nickel-based alloys post-welding.
With over 1,000 tonnes of steel in stock, we work with all grades and thicknesses to meet your specific needs for normalising steel and stress relieving.
Comprehensive Production Services
Colstan Profiles offers an end-to-end service for your steel components:
- Profiling and Fabrication: Custom solutions based on customer drawings.
- Heat Treatment: Including normalising and stress relieving to optimise steel properties.
- Final Finishing: Delivering products ready for further use or application.
With decades of experience and a commitment to quality, we’re your trusted partner for stress-relieved steel and metal stress relieving solutions.
Partner with Colstan Profiles
For reliable normalising and stress relieving steel services, Colstan Profiles delivers precision, efficiency, and quality. Contact us today to discuss how we can support your project requirements.
