Category Archives: Nitriding

Nitriding Car Parts

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Metlab Heat Treating

Metlab provides many services and solutions for the automotive industry. Occasionally, customers will contact Metlab with heat treating projects for their personal sports cars. Additionally, professional automobile restorers utilize these services on classic cars. The owner of a late model … Continue reading →

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Engineering Students Tour Metlab’s Facility

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Metlab Heat Treating

Metlab has a long history of supporting academia to encourage and educate young engineering students. This past October, students from the Industrial and Systems Engineering program at Temple University accompanied by their professor, Dr. Julie Drzymalski, toured the Metlab heat … Continue reading →

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Industrial Heating Magazine Feature: Metlab Specializing in the Heat Treatment of Large Parts

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Metlab Heat Treating

Recently Industrial Heating Magazine featured Metlab as part of a company profile as a member of the Metal Treating Institute: Metlab isn’t your typical commercial heat treater. Founded in 1928 as a manufacturer of aluminum spars for biplanes, the company is … Continue reading →

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Furnace Upgrades, Water Recirculating Cooling System Installation With Small Business Advantage Grant

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Metlab Heat Treating

As part of its continuing maintenance improvement program, Metlab recently completed a rebuild and upgrade of its two large heat-treating furnaces. These furnaces designated P-1 and P-2 are believed to be the largest atmosphere-controlled pit furnaces in North America. With … Continue reading →

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Nitriding and Carburizing

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Metlab Heat Treating

Nitriding and carburizing are the two most common heat treatment practices for surface hardening functional components. The main difference is that in nitriding, nitrogen atoms are made to diffuse into the surface of the parts being processed, whereas in carburizing, … Continue reading →

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Metlab Receives Two Contracts to Heat Treat Tank Components

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Metlab Heat Treating

Metlab has received two contracts from defense contractors to heat treat tank components. The contract is part of an ongoing multi-year program supported in part by US funding. Metlab was selected for this program due to its unique heat treating … Continue reading →

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Outsourcing Your Heat Treating Processes

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Metlab Heat Treating

One of Metlab’s customers in the South shut down their heat treat equipment for major repairs. The furnaces are expected be down for about four weeks. Their product is gears and pinions, ranging from ¼ pound to about 50 pounds … Continue reading →

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Metlab Expands Into Maryland & Delaware With Large And Small Part Heat Treating Services

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Metlab Heat Treating

When customers think of Metlab, they think of large parts heat treating. But Metlab has a long history of heat treating small parts as well. With the acquisition of the John V. Potero Company  in 2001, moving it from Philadelphia … Continue reading →

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Quality Control

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Metlab Heat Treating

Metlab has over 1,500 customers and heat treats a variety of parts and materials to different specifications. The specifications which are adhered to are either customer standards or processing requirements dictated by the SAE AMS (Society of Automotive Engineers/Aerospace Material … Continue reading →

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Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz Visits Metlab

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Metlab Heat Treating

Mark Podob (left) and Jim Conybear (right) owners of Metlab, Philadelphia, PA, welcomed the Honorable Allyson Schwartz, Congresswoman to Metlab on Thursday, April 4, 2013. The Congresswoman, Representative for the 13th District in Pennsylvania, toured the heat treat plant looking … Continue reading →

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