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Engineering the Next Generation

A one day course providing delegates with a sound understanding of the beneficial effects of heat treatment to a range of ferrous & light metal alloys.

Course aimsThis course outlines the basic metallurgical principles of heat treatment, the fundamentals of furnace design & operation and concludes with an explanation of testing & quality control procedures.

Who should attend Anyone requiring an overall understanding of the principles & practicalities of heat treatment. This includes purchasers & vendors of heat treatment services, design engineers & quality control technicians.A module of the QCF level 3 Certificate in Metallurgy qualification.

“The day was a greatsuccess with good content and great catering.”

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Barden UK

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Perkins Engines Co Ltd

Principles of Heat Treatment

One day course

Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

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Heating, Soaking, Cooling, Quenching• How hot is hot enough?• How long is long enough?• How quickly is quick enough?

Furnaces & Furnace Issues

• Batch furnaces• Continuous furnaces• Choice of fuel – gas, electricity, fuel oil• Burner types• Atmosphere control• Furnace linings• Furnace control & monitoring

Accreditation & Testing

• API 6a, NORSOK, NADCAP• Chemical analysis• Tensile tests• Impact tests• Hardenability tests• Corrosion tests• Microstructure & macrostructure• Creep & stress rupture tests

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Why Heat Treat?

• Modifying mechanical properties• Improve cosmetic appearance• Crystallography of metals• Influence of grain size• Effects of alloying elements

Strengthening Mechanisms

• What is strength?• Lattice strain• Crack propagation• Solid solutions• Martensitic transformations• Precipitates & grain boundaries• Phase diagrams• CCT diagrams

Heat Treatment Terminology

• Homogenisation• Solution treatment• Normalising • Annealing• Precipitation treatment• Tempering• Ageing• Stress relieving


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Crystal Structures Typical Heat Treatment

Cooling Curves Electric Bath Furnace

Sub-Critically Annealed Martensite Rockwell Hardness Test



One day course


General metallurgy• Introduction to Metals• Fundamentals of

Metallurgy• Metallurgy for Non-

Metallurgists

Metals Processing• Casting of Metals• Hot & Warm Forging• Introduction to Heat

Treatment• Heat Treatment for

Professionals• Machining of Metals• Welding of Metals• Powder Metallurgy

Metals Applications• Subsea Application of

Metals• Metals for Aerospace• Metals for Gas Turbine

Applications

Metals & alloys• Carbon & Alloy Steels• Stainless Steels• Titanium Metallurgy• Nickel Metallurgy• Aluminium Metallurgy

In-Service Performance• Introduction to Corrosion• Combating Metal

Corrosion• Introduction to Fatigue• Failure Analysis &

Prevention• Mechanical Testing• Non-Destructive Testing• Quality Assurance

Certificate in MetallurgyQCF Level 3

Leadership & Management (ILM Levels 2, 3, 5)• Service Improvement• Coaching & Mentoring

Higher EducationBSc, BENg, MSc, MEng & PhD Courses in• Mechanical Engineering• Electrical / Electronic

Engineering• Materials Engineering• Manufacturing • Machining• Advanced Manufacturing

Management

Other Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Services

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Advanced Manufacturing Park

Wallis Way, Catcliffe

Rotherham

S60 5TZ

Apprenticeships• Mechanical• Electrical• Manufacturing• Materials• Fabrication• Machining• Composites• Design

Principles of Heat TreatmentLearning Outcomes • Explain why heat treatment is required for steels, nickel, titanium

and aluminium alloys • Appreciate the influence of heat treatment on microstructure and

hence on materials properties • Compare and contrast the attributes and control characteristics of

electrical resistance, induction, gas and fuel oil fired furnaces • Specify physical test procedures and explain their relevance in a

formal quality control environment

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AMRC Training CentreAdvanced Manufacturing ParkOff Highfield SpringCatcliffeRotherhamS60 5BL



Principles of Heat Treatment is available as part of our Metals Technology Certificate (METTECH). METTECH is a coordinated programme of training courses intended primarily for technical staff who are routinely involved in the processing or testing of metals-based products. It is also suitable as technical background for staff in engineering and commercial functions.

Candidates are supplied with a self-study manual and must select six one-day modules from the course list below. Each is accompanied by a comprehensive set of notes (typically 100 pages) and is assessed by an online, multiple choice exam.

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The course was good overall,I would definitely recommend it.Michael Whitworth, AAM Glasgow Manufacturing Facility.


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