Nor-Cote has in place a process where every weldment, burnout or casting is numbered when it comes into our plant. The part is numbered before it goes into the furnace and after that the part is blasted and/or painted. The numbers assigned to the part are the last three numbers on our shipper. This allows us to track the part throughout processing. Our supervisors perform quality inspections after the processing is complete and before the parts are loaded for return shipment.
An outside source certifies our furnace instruments monthly and our scale yearly.
Annealing Process — Annealing involves heating a material above its recrystallization temperature, maintaining a suitable temperature for an appropriate amount of time and then cooling. Annealing allows the material to cool at a controlled rate in a furnace.
Normalizing Process — involves heating a metal to a high temperature and then slowly cooling it to room temperature. Normalizing Process allows the material to cool by placing it in a room temperature environment and exposing it to the air in that environment.
Spheroidizing Process — Spheroidizing is a heat treatment process that converts the carbides in steel into a spherical shape, which improves the steel’s formability and machinability. It’s often used on high carbon steels that are difficult to machine.
*Special heat cycles can be accommodated with a written cycle provided by the customer.
Priming Services — involves painting of parts using specific types of paint per customer’s specifications. The types of paints used include Universal, Alkaline based, Epoxy, and Ply-Mastic Epoxy.
Steel Grit Blasting Services — SG-14 / SG-16 Amasteel grit is used to provide a clean surface, free from paint, scale, rust, and contaminants.
Straightening Services — include both hot and cold press straightening
Nor-Cote’s furnaces are equipped with programmable controls that are calibrated monthly by an outside source. The minimum controllable temperature is 100° and the maximum controllable temperature is 2,000°
Heat charts and heat certifications are available upon request