From aluminum and copper to brass, steel, and specialty alloys — purification, engineering, certified heat treatment, brazing, failure analysis, furnace qualification, and compliance advisory. NADCAP · AMS · AS9100 · CQI-9.
Aluminum, copper, brass, bronze, steel, and specialty alloys. Purification, casting, testing, and recycling. 50 kg to 2,000+ kg.
Full processing and advisory aligned to NADCAP, AMS, AS9100, and CQI-9. Includes brazing cycle recommendations and on-site hardness evaluation.
Failure analysis & heat treat improvement, furnace qualification (TUS/SAT), PMI/XRF field service, and NADCAP readiness.
Full hardness converter (HRC/HRA/HRB/HB/HV/15N/30N/UTS), quench media selector, and AMS spec reference. No sign-up.
NADCAP, AMS, AS9100, and CQI-9 — documentation built to pass your customer audits first time.
Foundries, machine shops, aerospace Tier 1 & 2, automotive, energy, and R&D. 50 kg minimum.
Tell us your alloy, volume, and standard — our metallurgists respond within one business day.
Aluminum, copper, brass, bronze, steel, iron, and specialty alloys. From 50 kg foundry runs to 2,000+ kg production volumes.
Zone refining, electrolytic and thermal refining achieving up to 99.9% purity for aerospace, automotive, and structural applications.
Custom alloy composition tailored to mechanical strength, thermal resistance, and corrosion-resistance per ASTM, ISO, and AMS standards.
Precision-cast and rolled aluminum products with certified traceability. Small foundry ingots to large format billets, all with CoC documentation.
Closed-loop recycling programs recovering scrap aluminum to near-virgin purity. Ideal for machine shops generating offcuts and turnings.
Electrolytic and fire refining for high-conductivity copper targeting 99.9%+ purity.
Continuous and semi-continuous casting. Small foundry runs from 50 kg. Full production at 2,000+ kg.
Spectrographic analysis, conductivity testing (IACS%), hardness, and tensile testing with material certification for each batch.
Refining of scrap copper, bus bars, wire, and mixed copper streams back to specification grade.
Alpha, alpha-beta, and leaded brass alloys (C26000–C38500) for machining, plumbing, electrical connectors, and decorative applications.
Tin bronze, phosphor bronze, aluminum bronze, and silicon bronze for bearings, marine hardware, and wear-resistant applications.
Sand, permanent mold, and continuous casting. Small foundry batches from 50 kg.
Recovery and re-alloying of mixed brass/bronze scrap streams.
Material characterization, alloy verification, and process consulting for carbon, alloy, and tool steels.
Testing and process guidance for grey iron, ductile iron, and white iron foundry operations.
Full cycle design and processing — annealing, normalizing, hardening, and tempering per AMS, ASTM, and customer specifications.
Tensile, hardness (HRC/HB/HV), Charpy impact, and microstructural analysis with full certification reports.
Material testing, consultation, and heat treatment guidance for Inconel, Monel, and Hastelloy grades.
Process consulting and material certification for Ti-6Al-4V and other grades. Heat treatment per AMS 2801.
Zinc die-casting alloy verification and lead alloy analysis for battery, shielding, and ballast applications.
Assaying and compositional analysis of gold, silver, and platinum-group metals for industrial, dental, and electronics applications.
Tell us your alloy, target volume, and specification requirements — we respond within one business day.
Full heat treatment processing, cycle recommendations; hardening, stress relief, brazing, annealing, carburizing, carbonitriding, on-site hardness evaluation, and specification-grade advisory. NADCAP · AMS · AS9100 Rev D · CQI-9.
Full, process, and subcritical annealing for steels, aluminum, copper, and brass to restore ductility and relieve residual stresses post-machining or forming.
Through-hardening with oil, water, polymer, or air quench media. Controlled atmosphere furnaces prevent decarburization.
Precise tempering for hardened steels and artificial aging (T6, T73, T76) for aluminum alloys per AMS 2750 pyrometry requirements.
Solution treating of aluminum, copper, and nickel alloys with rapid quench to maximize solid-solution hardening prior to precipitation aging.
Grain refinement via normalizing, plus carburizing and nitriding for hard, wear-resistant surfaces on steel components.
Portable hardness testing performed directly at your facility on finished or in-process components. Testing method (Rockwell, Brinell, Vickers, Leeb/Equotip) selected based on part geometry, section thickness, surface condition, and access constraints. Results documented with location maps and certification report.
Our metallurgists provide specification-backed recommendations aligned to your alloy, geometry, and applicable standard.
AC7102 checklist coverage, pyrometry surveys, equipment qualification, and audit-ready process documentation.
We map your alloy and application to the correct AMS specification with documented cycle parameters.
Process Table identification, record requirements, and CQI-9 4th Edition audit preparation for Tier 1 & 2 suppliers.
Process FMEA, control plan development, First Article documentation, and risk-based process controls for AS9100 facilities.
We provide brazing cycle design and process advisory for gold, nickel, copper, and silver filler metals across furnace, torch, and induction brazing applications. Recommendations are referenced to AWS C3.3 and applicable AMS specifications, with documentation suitable for NADCAP and AS9100 programs.
Gold brazing alloys offer exceptional corrosion resistance, high-temperature capability, and excellent wettability on nickel, stainless, and cobalt superalloys. Used predominantly in aerospace, medical device, and high-vacuum applications where joint cleanliness and oxidation resistance are critical.
Cycle Advisory: Ramp to brazing temperature at 5–10°C/min above 800°C to prevent thermal shock on complex assemblies. Hold at brazing temperature for 5–15 minutes depending on joint mass. Cool under vacuum or protective atmosphere to below 500°C before exposure to air. Post-braze aging may be required to restore base metal properties per AMS 2675.
Applications: Turbine blade repair, honeycomb core brazing, medical implants, high-vacuum electronic assemblies.
Nickel brazing alloys provide excellent oxidation and corrosion resistance at elevated temperatures. Widely used in aerospace turbine components, heat exchangers, and stainless steel assemblies requiring service above 800°C. Typically processed in vacuum or dry hydrogen atmosphere furnaces.
Cycle Advisory: Pre-braze cleaning is critical — degrease and abrasive clean all faying surfaces. Ramp at controlled rate to 980°C, hold 15 min for thermal equalization, ramp to brazing temperature, hold 5–10 min. Rapid cool below 980°C to minimize boron diffusion into base metal grain boundaries. Diffusion anneal (1095°C / 4 hr) may be required per AWS C3.3 to homogenize joint and reduce brittle phases.
Applications: Turbine engine components, aerospace heat exchangers, stainless honeycomb structures, NADCAP furnace brazing programs.
Copper brazing alloys provide high conductivity, good ductility, and excellent joint strength on steel, stainless, and nickel alloys. Pure copper brazing (BCu) is performed in reducing atmosphere or vacuum furnaces at high temperature. Copper-phosphorus alloys (BCuP) are self-fluxing on copper and copper alloys and are widely used in HVAC, refrigeration, and electrical assemblies.
Cycle Advisory (BCu furnace brazing): Surface preparation is essential — any oxides will prevent copper flow. Use a reducing atmosphere (H₂ or dissociated ammonia) or vacuum at 10⁻⁴ torr minimum. Ramp to 1093°C, hold for uniformity, ramp to brazing temperature, hold 2–5 min only — copper is mobile and will over-flow if held too long. Cool to below 700°C before atmosphere change. BCuP alloys: torch or induction; self-fluxing on copper only — do not use on ferrous metals.
Applications: Steel and stainless assemblies, electrical bus connections, hydraulic fittings, diamond tool brazing, heat exchangers.
Silver brazing alloys offer the most versatile performance range — joining copper, brass, bronze, steel, stainless, and nickel alloys at moderate temperatures. The BAg family spans from low-temperature (560°C) to high-temperature (900°C) alloys and can be applied via torch, induction, furnace, or resistance brazing with flux or controlled atmosphere.
Cycle Advisory: Select alloy based on base metal, service temperature, and cadmium-free requirements (BAg-7 or BAg-24 for food-grade and medical). Apply flux immediately after cleaning — do not allow oxidation before heating. Heat base metal, not the filler. Apply filler at brazing temperature — it should flow immediately. Post-braze flux removal is mandatory; use hot water quench or mechanical removal. For furnace brazing: use a reducing atmosphere to eliminate flux entirely.
Applications: HVAC assemblies, copper-brass plumbing, carbide tool brazing, stainless medical devices, food processing equipment, electrical contacts.
Every NADCAP and CQI-9 approved shop must perform Temperature Uniformity Surveys (TUS) and System Accuracy Tests (SAT) on a fixed schedule. We provide on-site furnace qualification services across Ontario, fully documented to AMS 2750 requirements.
Multi-point TUS using calibrated thermocouples mapped to your furnace class (AMS 2750 Class 1–6). Full survey report issued same day.
Comparison of production thermocouple vs calibrated reference to verify instrumentation accuracy per AMS 2750 table requirements.
Complete AMS 2750 pyrometry record packages — TUS maps, SAT logs, calibration certificates, and furnace qualification history in audit-ready format.
We develop a complete, specification-referenced heat treat or brazing recipe for your alloy and geometry — ready to hand to your furnace operator or include in your process documentation.
Share your alloy, part geometry, process type, and furnace class — our engineers will develop the right cycle and documentation.
Failure analysis & heat treat improvement, XRF/PMI field service, furnace qualification, and NADCAP readiness guidance.
When a part fails after heat treatment — wrong hardness, quench cracking, distortion, decarburization, or unexpected microstructure — we investigate the root cause, identify contributing process factors, and provide concrete recommendations to improve your heat treatment operation and prevent recurrence. Our focus is not just finding what went wrong, but fixing it.
Investigation of parts failing to meet hardness requirements — too soft, too hard, or non-uniform. Root cause analysis covering cycle temperature, soak time, quench rate, thermocouple accuracy, furnace loading, and atmosphere. Followed by process improvement recommendations.
Fractographic and microstructural investigation of cracking occurring during or after quenching. We identify whether the cause is quench severity, section geometry, steel hardenability, surface condition, or pre-existing defects — and recommend cycle or process changes to eliminate the issue.
Analysis of heat treatment distortion root causes — temperature gradient, non-uniform support, quench direction, residual stress from prior operations, or improper racking. We provide specific distortion mitigation recommendations including racking strategy, quench media modification, and pre-heat treatment stress relief cycles.
Identification of decarburization depth, internal oxidation, or surface contamination resulting from atmosphere control issues. Recommendations cover atmosphere composition, dew point control, furnace integrity, and cycle modification to restore surface carbon and mechanical properties.
Assessment of heat-treated microstructure against specification — grain size, phase distribution, retained austenite, and carbide morphology. Where microstructure is outside specification, we recommend corrective cycle adjustments to achieve the target microstructural condition.
Analysis of brazed joint failures including incomplete fill, void formation, base metal erosion, or joint embrittlement. Root cause investigation covering filler alloy selection, joint clearance, temperature control, atmosphere, and flux use — with process improvement recommendations.
We bring the XRF analyzer to your facility. Ideal for incoming material inspection, mixed material sorting, pre-weld verification, and AS9100 / NADCAP incoming inspection requirements.
Targeted workshops for shop floor operators, quality engineers, and compliance managers — delivered on-site or virtually across Ontario.
Half-day workshop covering the metallurgy behind annealing, hardening, tempering, and aging — why the cycles work, what happens in the microstructure, and how to recognize and avoid common failures.
Audience: Operators, technicians, quality staff
Full-day workshop on CQI-9 4th Edition requirements — Process Table selection, record-keeping, equipment calibration, and how to pass your next automotive customer audit.
Audience: Quality managers, heat treat supervisors
Full-day intensive on NADCAP AC7102 requirements. We guide you through the checklist, review your process documentation and operations, identify gaps, and develop a corrective action plan before your audit. Includes mock audit walkthrough and written gap assessment report.
Audience: Quality managers, NADCAP focal points, process engineers
Half-day workshop on how to identify, investigate, and document heat treatment failures — wrong hardness, quench cracking, distortion, decarburization — and develop corrective actions that satisfy AS9100 and customer requirements.
Audience: Quality engineers, process engineers
Half-day workshop covering brazing filler metal selection, joint design, atmosphere and flux requirements, and quality inspection criteria for gold, nickel, copper, and silver brazed assemblies. Referenced to AWS C3.3 and AMS 2675.
Audience: Brazing operators, quality inspectors, engineers
We build a custom training day around your specific processes, alloys, standards, and upcoming audits. Includes pre-training gap assessment, tailored materials, and a written action plan.
Audience: Any — fully customized to your operation
Tell us what you need — we confirm availability and send a quote within 24 hours.
Full hardness converter, quench media selector, and AMS spec quick-reference. Built for metallurgists, quality engineers, and shop supervisors.
Convert between HRC, HRA, HRB, HB (Brinell), HV (Vickers), 15N, 30N, UTS (ksi), and UTS (MPa). Based on ASTM E140 conversion tables.
Enter a known hardness value — all other scales are calculated automatically (ASTM E140).
⚠️ Approximate conversions for steel only — refer to ASTM E140 for precise engineering values. Not valid for aluminum, copper, cast iron, or non-ferrous metals without separate tables. For values outside the HRC 20–68 range, conversion accuracy decreases significantly.
Select your alloy type and section thickness for a starting quench media recommendation. Always verify against the applicable AMS/ASTM specification before processing.
Select alloy family and section thickness for a starting recommendation.
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⚠️ Advisory only — always verify against applicable AMS/ASTM specification, customer requirements, and part geometry before processing.
Quick reference for the most commonly used AMS specifications in heat treatment and brazing.
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These tools give you a starting point. For a specification-referenced, audit-ready recipe for your specific part and alloy, our metallurgists provide full cycle design reports from $350. View Cycle Design Pricing →
NADCAP, AMS, AS9100 Rev D, CQI-9 — documentation built to pass your customer audits the first time.
AC7102 Heat Treating checklist coverage, pyrometry surveys, equipment qualification, and audit-readiness support.
Full coverage of relevant AMS specs for heat treatment, brazing, and materials.
Heat treatment and brazing process integration for AS9100 Rev D certified and certifying facilities.
Automotive supply chain compliance advisory. Process table selection, records, and audit preparation.
Our metallurgists identify the right standards and build the documentation to match.
From 50 kg foundry heats to 2,000+ kg aerospace production runs.
50 kg minimum — ideal for jobbing foundries casting aluminum, copper, and brass in small lots.
Material verification, heat treatment advisory, PMI field service, and scrap recovery.
NADCAP and AS9100 aligned processes, furnace qualification (TUS/SAT), and documentation for prime customer audits.
CQI-9 compliant heat treatment and PPAP-supporting material certifications for Tier 1 and Tier 2 facilities.
Copper busbars, aluminum conductors, and specialty alloy components for power generation and renewable energy.
Pilot runs from 50 kg for materials scientists and developers needing custom alloy compositions or heat treat trials.
Tell us about your operation and we will put together a tailored service proposal.
Describe your need and one of our engineers will respond within one business day.