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To reduce the over heating of metal
According to DIN EN, heat treatment is a process or a combination of a plurality of processes for the treatment of a metallic workpiece, which is thereby heated and cooled again in a certain course in order to change material properties. In so doing, ambient agents may include changes in composition, e.g. The carbon or nitrogen content, or the crystal lattice
Is to reduce residual stresses as a method of harddness control or even to enhance material strength.
Is a method for reducing and redistributing the residual stresses in the material that have been introduced by welding
