At Fire-Kote, we believe in the need to stress relieve. Stress-relief treating can reduce distortion and high stresses from welding that can affect service performance. The presence of residual stresses can lead to stress-corrosion cracking near welds and in regions of components that have been cold strained during processing.

Various manufacturing processes such as forming, machining, grinding, heating, and plating leave their characteristic residual stress pattern implanted in the steel. These residual stresses can lead to undesirable dimensional changes, during the production process.

Stress relieving tool steels and molds before, during and after the production of the mold will help prevent unwanted stress and cracks that can lead to bad parts and downtime in the production process.

Still curious about the benefits of stress relieving your tool steels? See our article on the Importance of Stress Relieving.

For more information on our stress relieving services, call us at (616) 475-5750 or send us an e-mail.