During
Manufacturing (one or more times including)
- before rough machining,
milling, or grinding
- before finish machining,
milling, or grinding
- before EDM or burning
- before heat treating
or hardening
- before reinserting
into service
- periodically for
preventative maintenance
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Types
of Components
- plate
- bar
- weldment
- casting
- forging
- extrusions
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Styles
of Components
- fixtures and tooling
- machine tools
- molds
- dies and inserts
- engine and chassis
- etc.
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Materials
that Respond to Meta-Lax Stress Relief
- low and medium carbon
hot rolled steel including
1020, A36, 1045, 1060
- low and medium carbon
steel alloys indlucing 4620, 8620,
4140, 4340, H13, P20
- tool steel alloys
including A2, D2, M1, M2, M3, M4, S7
- high strength steel
alloys indlucing HY80, HY100
- cast iron including
gray, nodular, meehanite
- aluminum alloys
including 356, 2000’s, 5000’s, 6000’s, 7000’s
- stainless steel
alloys including 304, 316, 410, 416, 420, 17-4
- exotic meetals including
gold, titanium, inconel, magnesium,
monel, waspalloy, hastelloy
- powdered metals
including tungsten carbide, stellite
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Poor
Applications for Meta-Lax Stress Relief
- cold rolled steel
- burned edges
- copper and high
copper content alloys
- metals where mechanical
properties need to be altered
- components where
straightening from treatment is needed
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