Steel Treating Services in Los Angeles
What steel properties does your project require? You can rely on Burbank Steel Treating Inc to achieve them. We provide quality-controlled steel treating services for strength, hardness, and durability to exact specifications. Every treatment follows strict industry standards for consistency and reliability.
Our inspections ensure every treated component meets your required tolerances, and orders can be drop-shipped locally in Los Angeles so you get precisely processed materials without delays.
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What Do Steel Treating Specialists Do?
We’re trained and certified steel treating specialists. We take raw steel and refine its properties through controlled heating and cooling cycles. Every process is designed to achieve the exact hardness, strength, and toughness required for unique and specific applications in different industries.
Using a variety of techniques chosen based on material composition and required properties, we alter the internal structure of steel to improve performance. This may be required for increasing wear resistance, reducing brittleness, or enhancing strength under high stress.
When Should You Choose Specialty Steel Treating?
There are some standard treating processes that are suited for general-purpose parts, but they lack the precision needed for high-performance applications. Components like aerospace brackets, surgical tools, or transmission gears may suffer from distortion, uneven hardness, or structural inconsistencies when processed using basic or inappropriate methods.
Our specialty steel treating is designed for these demanding scenarios. With tighter control over temperatures, atmospheres, and cycles, our work supports advanced alloys and critical geometries that standard processes can’t handle. This level of treatment ensures parts meet exact specifications and perform consistently in the conditions they’re designed for.
How Do Heat Treating Services Affect Wear Resistance?
Wear resistance refers to a material’s ability to withstand friction, abrasion, or surface fatigue without degrading. In parts like injection molds or cutting tools, surface wear leads to dimensional changes, poor performance, and premature failure, which can shut down production lines or reduce product quality.
Heat treating services enhance wear resistance by altering the microstructure of the steel, increasing surface hardness while maintaining core toughness. Our quality-controlled processes allow treated parts to gain the durability needed to endure repeated mechanical stress without losing shape or function.
What Industries Need Expert Steel Heat Treatment?
We provide heat treatment services for a wide range of industries, each with unique performance demands. Clients like Avibank, Goodrich, and JPL trust us to process components that need to perform flawlessly under extreme conditions, and we continue to expand our portfolio across sectors.
In aerospace, for example, components must withstand extreme temperatures and mechanical stress without failure. We provide heat treatment to enhance strength, fatigue resistance, and stability.
Here are the industries we routinely provide service for:
- Military
- Automotive
- Electronic
- Medical
- Aerospace
- Anyone requiring precision heat treatment
No matter the industry, if your parts require superior strength, longevity, and performance, we have the solutions to meet your needs.
What Auto Parts Need Steel Treatment?
We provide steel treatment services to clients across the automotive industry, supporting everything from prototype development to high-volume production. We understand the performance standards for these components and tailor each process to match function and compliance requirements.
This includes treating parts like crankshafts, gears, axles, and valve components, each with distinct mechanical demands. If you have parts requiring improved wear resistance, fatigue strength, or surface hardness, we can treat them to meet your exact specifications.
Burbank Steel Treating Inc Offers Certified Steel Heat Treating
When you work with our certified professionals you get precisely processed materials that meet the highest quality requirements for performance.
Our heat-treating services include:
- Precision heat treatment for various steel grades
- Strict adherence to industry and client specifications
- Quality-controlled thermal processing
- Certifications and approvals from major industry bodies
- Comprehensive inspections to ensure exact tolerances
When Do You Need To Increase Steel Hardness?
Increasing steel hardness is important when a part must resist wear, indentation, or deformation under load. Hardness improves durability, especially in components exposed to repeated friction, impact, or high pressure, where surface failure could lead to downtime or safety risks.
A manufacturer producing aerospace fasteners, for example, may require increased surface hardness to ensure threads resist galling and deformation during assembly and operation. Without proper hardening, the fasteners could wear too quickly, leading to failures in service or costly recalls.
Here are a few other quick examples:
- Hydraulic valves that resist erosion under high pressure
- Mold cavities needing durability through thermal cycling
- Camshafts requiring wear resistance at contact points
- Cutting blades that maintain edge sharpness under load
- Ball screws in CNCs that need low-wear movement surfaces
How Are Part Geometry and Mass Considered in Heat Treating?
Part geometry and mass directly influence how heat is absorbed, retained, and dissipated during treatment. Irregular shapes or varying cross-sections can lead to uneven heating, which risks internal stresses, warping, or incomplete transformation in components like gears or turbine pipes.
To manage this, parts are fixtured strategically, and thermal profiles are adjusted based on size, thickness, and material type. Heating and cooling rates are also carefully controlled to ensure uniform results throughout the entire part. This ensures mechanical properties develop consistently, with minimal distortion or deviation from critical tolerances.
What Is the Quality Control Process for Commercial Steel Treating?
Our quality control process ensures every treated component meets strict property requirements. Our precise monitoring and inspections verify hardness, strength, and structural integrity at every stage of heat treatment, so that the final product complies without discrepancies.
We calibrate our equipment to ensure accuracy, consistency, and traceability in every process.
Our process includes:
- Pre-treatment evaluation of material specifications
- Controlled heating and cooling cycles for precise results
- Continuous monitoring to ensure uniform processing
- Mechanical and structural integrity testing
We also issue certifications of compliance for every job, ensuring all treated components meet required standards, and we continue to update our processes to align with evolving practices.
Get a Quote for Our Steel Treating Service
Whatever industry you’re working in, precision steel treating service is essential for reliable performance. With Burbank Steel Treating Inc, you get consistent, high-quality results backed by strict quality control and the approval of leading industry certifications and standards.
Looking for steel treating services in Los Angeles? Contact us at (818) 842-0975.