Cryogenic Treatment is a cryogenic tempering process to increase wear life and decrease residual stress. Cryogenic tempering after heat treat (this is a supplement to heat treating) transforms the material to a denser, harder, more stable structure that provides many benefits. Cryogenics employs low temperatures to complete the hardening transformation of Retained Austenite to Martensite.

Benefits:

• improves hardness uniformity
• improves shock resistance
• reduce abrasive wear
• reduce residual stress
• enhance machinability
• reduce corrosion