• Bodycote Metallurgical Services India Private Limited

Thermal Processing Services

Bodycote Metallurgical Services is the world's largest supplier of thermal processing services, with over 180 plants worldwide. Through its two business areas of Aerospace, Defence & Energy and Automotive & General Industrial, the group provides heat treatment, hot isostatic pressing and surface technology services to a wide range of market sectors including aerospace, defence, power generation, oil ands, automotive, tooling, construction, transportation, machine building and medical. Thermal processing is a vital part of any manufacturing process and includes a variety of techniques and specialist engineering processes, which improve the properties of metals and alloys and extend the life of components. The company offers a choice of thermal processing services in India. Its thermal processing plant at Pune can provide a range of heat treatment processes including: Vacuum processing – vacuum annealing, vacuum hardening, vacuum brazing (Al, Cu, Ag, Ni); Nitriding – plasma ion nitriding, gas nitriding, low pressure nitriding; Controlled atmosphere processes – ferritic nitrocarburising (FNC), FNC with post-oxidation, carburising, carbonitriding, nitrocarburising, hardening and tempering of stainless, hot die, cold work, high speed, plastic mould and shock resistant steels; and additional services – the company also has an in-house laboratory for quality control and testing of material properties.