Thermal treatment and Stress Release

Small solid parts can be successfully stress-relieved in a very high intensity ultrasonic chambers. The following benefits of this technology are known:

• Increase fatigue limits of metal, including welds by factor up to 2.5
• Cracks are less likely
• Artificial materials aging
• Dynamic load bearing capacity is increased
• Corrosion resistance can be increased
• Residual stresses are released, very noticeable in welds
• Increased weld strength enables overall material cost reductions in Structures. Use of high tensile strength steels and alloys with weld strength up to base material level become feasible
• Operating and service life of constructions affected by dynamic loads and aggressive environments and mediums is increased
• Stress relief effect maintains geometric accuracy during component manufacture and in operation