Anchor Harvey

HEAT TREATING ALUMINUM

Heat treatment of forged metal products is when a finished part is subjected to medium-high temperatures (far less than forging temperatures) to normalize and modify the part’s internal structure. In doing so, it achieves slightly different chemical and material properties than the original forged part.

At Anchor Harvey, our proprietary in-house heat treatment process is coordinated with the rest of the production process to ensure a proper heat treatment on all production pieces. Not all parts need the same type of heat treatment, and heat treatment can mean a variety of slightly different processes that can achieve vastly different results. Our proprietary on-the-go heat treatment delivers results that exceed ASTM standards with a 15% improvement in component properties and is consistently recognized by major OEMs as "the best of all worlds" for providing superior components.