HT Aerocraft

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Aerocraft provides a number of services for engine and structural components relating to aircraft manufacture and maintenance.

Capabilities

Heat Treatment Services

 

We have skilled professionals who use modern equipment to perform and record various material testing and chemical analyses. Our offices and workshop occupy 129,000 square feet of prime real estate in Los Angeles. We possess the latest technology and equipment, operated by highly qualified professionals, to provide the following heat treating services to our clients.

Heat Treatment Services

Bars Billets Castings Die Forgings Forgings Ingots Plates Rods Slabs Tools Weldments

Heat Treatment Processes

Aging Annealing Austenitizing Cryogenic Treating Equalizing Homogenizing Normalizing Oil / Water Quenching Oil Degreasing Over Tempering Pre-Heating Process Annealing Solution Treating Speroidize Annealing Stress Equalizing Stress Relieving Sub-Ambient Treating Sub-Annealing Tempering

Materials

Astroloy Brass Copper Nickel Hastelloy Haynes Inconel Invar Monel Nitronic Nickel Rene Steel Titanium Waspoloy
Our Work

Process Highlights

A look at components that have come through our shop — from press frame castings to large-diameter, thin-wall vessels.

Press frame casting following isothermal annealing
Isothermal Annealing
Press Frame
Heat exchanger shell following stress-free annealing
Stress-Free Annealing
Heat Exchanger
Large-diameter thin-wall cylinder following solution annealing
Solution Annealing
Thin-Wall Cylinder
Large fabricated pressure vessel following heat treatment
Heat Treatment
Large Fabricated Vessel
Equipment

Furnaces & Cryogenic Chambers

Furnaces

22.5' × 20' × 7'
Max working zone (W × L × H) — gas-fired batch furnaces
450–2,250°F
Temperature range
±9°F to ±25°F
Furnace tolerance

Cryogenic Chambers

-110°F
Sub-zero chamber (12' L × 5' W × 2' D)
45°F
Sub-ambient chamber (21' L × 5' W × 4' D)

Additional Services

Hot Straightening

Correcting distortion in heated components.

Forming

Shaping components to spec.

Hardness Inspection

Verifying material properties post-treatment.

Bar De-Twisting

Correcting torsional distortion in bar stock.

Mechanical / Metallurgical Testing

Verifying material properties and process results.

Equipment

Quench Tanks, Cleaning & Handling Equipment

Quench Tanks

30,000 gal
Mineral oil tanks, up to (21' L × 11' W × 8' D)
25,000 gal
Water tanks, up to (23' L × 17' W × 10' D)

Cleaning Equipment

5,700 gal
Hot alkaline bath degreaser

Handling Equipment

Forklifts

Up to 25,000 lb capacity.

Delivery Vehicles

3 semis, 1 bobtail, 1 10-wheeler, and 2 pickups.

Cranes

5, 6, 10, and 25 ton capacities.

Equipment

Presses and Test Equipment

“C” Frame Presses

Up to 60 ton capacity.

Vertical Presses

400, 1,500, and 3,000 ton capabilities.

Horizontal Press

Rotating chuck, 200 ton capacity.

Test Equipment

Multiple Brinell and Rockwell hardness inspection machines.