ALUMINUM HEAT TREAT FACILITIES AVAILABILITY Tobyhanna Army Depot is offering to provide the services of its on-site aluminum heat treat facility on a reimbursable basis to interested customers. The services are available to other government agencies, or to private concerns whose programs qualify for participation under statutory authority for direct sales 4543 or partnering with industry 2208j. The facility provides a heat-treating process for Annealing/Hardening aluminum parts. Tobyhanna Army Depot's aluminum heat treating system is a custom designed, automated system. It consists of two ovens, a high temperature drop bottom oven, which operates from 600 to 1150 degrees Fahrenheit and a low temperature side entry oven, which operates from 200 to 450 degrees Fahrenheit. Also included with the System is a mobile quick-quench-cooling tank and a computer controlled control system, which is capable of auto start/stop and complete automation of the entire heat treating cycle. The system treats the aluminum alloy by annealing (softening) or hardening the metal. Heat treating aluminum improves its mechanical properties (such as tensile strength, hardness and service life) and it facilitates the cold forming of aluminum alloys and reduces waste and cracking of alloys not designed to be formed without prior annealing. The system has a load rack size of 4' x 4' x 4', with a maximum load of 200 pounds. The system has a 150 kW Solution heat treat furnace with a 51 kW age hardening oven. The quenchant solution is type I polyoxethylene glycol (28%) and water (72%) by volume. The quenchant solution and auto rinse system produces hardened parts with minimum warp. Agencies or concerns who may be interested in obtaining these services should contact Mr. James Bochicchio @ 570-895-7429. Posted 06/27/00 (W-SN469087).

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