Al-Fe Heat Treating, Fort Wayne, Ind., has added glycol quenching to its list of NADCAP-accredited aluminum heat treat services in its Wadsworth, Ohio, plant, expanding the heat treating options for customers in the automotive, military and aerospace industries.

Glycol quenching has benefits over heat treating particularly when used with aluminum parts, because it allows for precise control over quenching speeds.

“We already offered water and air quenching. Adding glycol quenching just made sense and will allow us to offer more options to our customers, to fit their unique needs,” says Ernie Lackner, vice president.

Glycol quenching is suited to parts with thin sections or wall thicknesses that may be distorted using standard water or air treatments. Glycol’s unique inverse solubility eliminates vapor pockets and provides more even heat extraction, which reduces warpage in finished parts. Precise cooling rates can be achieved by changing the polymer concentration. Because of this, glycol provides consistent quenching results, load after load, reducing downtime and scrap.  

Al-Fe Heat Treating’s Wabash, Indiana, and Wadsworth, Ohio, locations provide both low- and high-volume aluminum heat treating with glycol quenching for automotive and commercial applications. The company operates plants throughout the Midwest and Southeast serving aerospace, automotive, military and commercial customers with ferrous and non-ferrous facilities. 

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