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We offer the fastest, most comprehensive, environmentally responsible
heat treating and surface treatment service available.
 
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Since 1958, Sun Steel Treating Inc. has specialized in providing our customers precision and specialty Salt Bath Heat Treatments. Whether it's hardening alloys, carbon steels, tool steels or high speed specialty tools, our engineers know the precise metallurgical processes to apply to your steels. Sun Steel Treating also offers Ionitriding® (ion nitriding or ion plasma nitriding), salt bath hardening, salt bath heat treating and steam treating.
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Sun Steel Treating, Inc.
550 Mill Street, Box 759
South Lyon, MI 48178-0759
(877) 471-0840
 International Phone Number:
(248) 437-2497
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NEWS
RELEASE
7/31/2006
Commercial Heat Treater Installs
10th Ionitriding® Vessel

Sun Steel Treating, Inc (commercial heat treater in South Lyon, MI) has installed their 10th Ionitriding vessel; capacity is 60” H x 106” W x 150” D and 60,000#.  Ionitriding is a surface hardening treatment for extending tool life in the metalforming, forging, hydroforming and plastics industries.  Having 10 vessels that run 24/7 assures their customers of a quick and timely turnaround to minimize costly production downtime. SST is ISO 9001-2000 and NADCAP accredited.

 Sun Steel Treating, Inc. 
550 N. Mill St.
South Lyon, MI  48178
Contact: William Bowling
Phone: 877-471-0840 Ext. 220
E-Mail: bowling@sunsteeltreating.com



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Some Considerations Of Surface Preparation Before lonitriding®
Author:
George Idriceanu

The increased use of metal formed and plastic products has created more attention to the surface treatments available for tools and machinery components. The increased life provided by lonitriding allows users to take advantage of significant savings during the manufacturing processes.
 
This paper presents some considerations which can optimize the ability of the tool surface to take maximum advantage of this surface hardening treatment.
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Cast Irons and Related Processes
Author:
George Idriceanu

A principal property of an automotive stamping die is the wear resistance which is directly related to the surface hardness and surface finish. The formation of a pearlitic structure will retain good strength and wear resistance after subsequent treatments.

Certain elements, such as carbon and silicon, accelerate the decomposition of pearlite and massive carbide at the annealing temperatures. An important aspect related with the success of flame hardening is the combined carbon content, which should be in the range of 0.5 to 0.7%.
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