Source: GearTechnology.com
Over the years, I’ve toured many a gear manufacturing facility where the heat treat department stole the
show. Maybe it’s the massively deep pit furnaces, the Star Trek-esque control rooms and the large overhead cranes moving components around the facility. Perhaps it’s simply all the pyrotechnics
remind me of a really great rock concert. Regardless, heat treating is such a critical step in the gear manufacturing process it’s no surprise several manufacturers have brought it in-house.
