Heat Treatment Service

Post-cutting and pre-grinding heat treatment, normalising and stress relieving at 900°C up to 3800x3700x2070 mm and up to 10 tonne.

1000°C

Max Temp

3800x3700x2070mm

Max Capacity

Stress Relieving

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Normalising

Heat Treatment Service

Simplify your machining process, reducing the risk of cracking or splitting and reducing heat affected zones caused by metal cutting processes like flame, laser and plasma cutting. Our state of the art facilities and highly experienced engineers can apply heat treatment services to fabricated products and individual profiles to ensure quality and enhance material properties.

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Benefits of Heat Treating

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Easy

Easier machining without cracking

Refine metal structure, reduce internal stresses, improve machinability and ensure efficient production with higher quality.

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Reduction of heat affected zone

Restore metal properties after cutting to reduce potential material weakness caused by heat affected zones, ensuring better structural integrity.

Fabrication

Enhanced fabricated products

Applied post-fabrication, heat treatment removes residual stresses, prevents deformation, and improves product reliability and lifespan.

Customised

Customised heat cycles

Tailored heat cycles optimise metal properties like hardness or ductility to meet specific application requirements.

Strength

Improved durability

Heat treatment boosts metal strength, toughness, and wear resistance, reducing costs and ensuring reliability in demanding industries.

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Stress

Stress Relieving

Improve material properties like hardness, toughness and strength to improve wear resistance and increase hardness, relieve internal stresses, prevent distortion and improve machinability. Our heat treatment services ensure materials are able to withstand higher loads, impacts, fatigue and higher temperatures in challenging environments.

Normal

Normalising

Refine grain structure and improve material strength, toughness and increase homogeneity for more consistent properties. Relieve residual stresses to reduce metal distortion and improve machinability and hardness compared to untreated material.

Heat Treatment Services For A Range Of Metals

Carbon Steel

Stainless Steel

Highly versatile and used in all kinds of products and industries including nuclear, water, pharmaceutical,  food processing, medical equipment, and architectural projects requiring corrosion resistance and aesthetic appeal. Our advanced laser and water jet cutting ensures precise finishings.

Carbon Steel

Ideal for structural and construction projects, including bridges, buildings, and heavy machinery as well as the oil and gas, transport, shipbuilding and rail industries.

Nickel Alloys

Able to withstand high temperatures and extremely corrosion resistant. We provide high quality nickel alloys for use in heat exchangers, turbines and aerospace and nuclear applications

Duplex and Super Duplex Stainless Steels

High strength and corrosion resistance, this is used for petrochemical, marine, offshore and oil and gas industries and our water jet and laser cutting facilities provide accurate cuts.

Yellow Metals

Processed with fibre laser cutting, ideal for automotive, chemical and architectural applications requiring malleability and a polished finish.

How Does Heat Treatment Work?

Heat treatment works using the controlled heating and cooling of metal to change its physical and mechanical properties to improve durability, machinability and performance for industrial applications.

Using processes like annealing, normalising and stress relieving, heat treatment services refine a metal’s microstructure, improving strength, hardness or ductility, making it ideal for use on metals that have been cut using techniques like flame cutting or plasma cutting to retain the material’s strength.

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Why Choose P.P. Group’s Heat Treating Services?

P.P. Group has been providing industry-leading heat treatment services to customers for over 50 years that are tailored to meet precise metalworking requirements. Our continual investment in the best equipment and ovens capable of normalising and stress relieving metals up to 1000°C ensures we can deliver exceptional quality every time.

We back our machinery investments with a skilled team of engineers with decades of industry experience and knowledge, who are capable of taking your specific requirements and delivering exactly what you need.

Our expert heat treatment services guarantee a reduction in material stress and enhance machinability, improving material performance and reducing lead times for your project.

Benefitting from a consultative approach you’ll be able to lean on us for material recommendations based on our experience to ensure you receive a finished product that exceeds your expectations.

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Ready Supply Of Quality Materials

Alongside our advanced machinery and expertise, by working with P.P. Group you’ll have access to some of the most reliable material suppliers not only in the UK, but in Europe.

Our reliable supply chain ensures we have a ready supply of top quality materials we can bring in for your project along with our onsite stock.

This robust supply chain has been developed over more than 50 years so you’re assured reliability and consistency.

We also ensure quick delivery times using our own fleet of vehicles ready to be dispatched throughout the UK to ensure you get what you need, when you need it.

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Delivering Quality Products With Precision For Decades

"P.P. Group offered a completely different approach to our standard manufacturing methods. Adopting the latest advances in CAD software and profiling technology helped us to reduce costs and dramatically increase profitability. I would highly recommend contacting one of their Sales team to discuss what benefits P.P. Group’s advanced CAD and cutting technologies can bring to your business."

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“P.P. Group managed to profile and deliver 75 tonnes of parts within five working days, which enabled us to meet and exceed our project’s deadlines. In addition, we saved significant time on drilling due to 40 mm cut holes, provided by P.P. Group during this task.

This truly flexible and swift approach, enabled us to deliver all the tunnel cutting machines for the construction of railway lines on time.”

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“P.P. Group's advanced facilities and machinery enabled us to successfully manufacture a very complex baggage shield that weighed 76 tonnes for Heathrow Airport Terminal 5.”

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“P.P. Group was able to supply us with materials, to manufacture six stainless steel filters, for the waste water industry. Each of these filters was 14 m x 4 m x 6.5 m high, consisting of thousands of profiles/parts, which were laser and water jet cut, as well as rolled and pressed; in as little as just four months. Due to the short lead time of such a large order, the project won a recognised global award.”

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A Proven Formula For Success

We follow a precise process for your project to ensure we’re delivering products that meet our high quality standards and your specific requirements.

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Meet With An Expert

Using cutting-edge techniques we deliver high-precision products efficiently for customers in a range of industries.
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Maximum Material Yield

Highly trained CAD engineers map product plans to achieve the best possible material yields for your project.
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Detailed Quoting

Transparent quotes including all project details, timelines and delivery arrangements, to ensure delivery deadlines are met.
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Inspection & Packaging

Extensive checks on everything from material certification to product conformance to guarantee high quality results. Our packaging method provides safe, secure delivery in line with our QHSE policies.
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Established Supply Chain

Our established supply chain, developed over more than 50 years allows our experts to review everything from material conformance to traceability to ensure the best results.

Ready To Talk About A Project?

Complete the form and attach any relevant specification documents and a member of our team will contact you to discuss your requirements and provide a quote.

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