It has been estimated that half of all the workpieces that should be stress relieved are not. Often the reason cited for skipping stress relief is based on the desire to avoid unwanted side effects caused by heat like treatment distortion, scaling, or change in mechanical properties, or from the time, expense, and limitation associated with heat treat stress relief.

Skipping stress relief involves taking a risk. The risk is hoping that no problems will occur with the non-stress relieved workpiece, namely distortion or cracking that would require rework. Worse yet, problems often generate dissatisfied customers.

Since Meta-Lax stress relief does not cause treatment distortion, scaling, or change mechanical properties, and saves time and money in processing, and is limitless in size and weight capabilities, the risk of skipping stress relief is unnecessary.

Benefits:
By adding a Meta-Lax stress relief treatment where there was no stress relief before several valuable benefits would be gained:
1. Reduce distortion following machining (up to 84%)
2. Reduce machine time (up to 50%) by eliminating extra cuts due to distortion
3. Reduce scrap (up to 100%)
4. Reduce delayed distortion
5. Reduce premature failures in service

If you need a fast stress relief process that will match the effectiveness AND consistency of heat treat stress relief, Bonal's Meta-Lax process is your best solution.