Heat Treatment

Heat Treatment

For long-lasting durable pieces

Nothing lasts forever: workpieces are subject to wear and tear. Preventing this process from happening as long as possible has economic benefits. And this is where the Lingenhöle heat-treatment technology comes into play.

Have components with high metallurgical and/or tribological requirements? Need support in choosing the right material and/or heat-treatment process for your requirements? Looking for an expert and flexible partner to carry out your desired heat treatment? Then you have come to the right place.

With Lingenhöle heat-treatment technology, we offer the optimal thermal and thermochemical processes for all your components and requirements. Our thermal heat-treatment services range from classic annealing processes to quenching and tempering and induction hardening. Our medium-frequency induction system is specially designed for round parts with hardening lengths of up to 5,000 mm and diameters of 450 mm.

As part of our thermochemical process spectrum, we have units for case hardening and carbonitriding as well as gas, plasma and salt-bath nitriding or nitrocarburizing. We can also offer vacuum hardening for hardening of cold work, hot work and high-speed steels.

The combination of the right materials, the right heat-treatment process and our in-depth expertise ensures that our finished parts will be tough enough for every situation.

Heat treatment for durability and resistance

Comparison of methods

We offer a comprehensive range of services for the heat treatment of steel, cast materials, aluminum and copper: from competent material advice from our in-house laboratory to the wide range of processes in our hardening facility. This table provides a quick overview of which process can be used for which material and which process-specific properties can be achieved.

Material groups Standard designation Vacuum Hardening Induction Hardening Case hardening, Carbonitriding, Tempering Gas Nitrocarburising – LTGNCOX Salt Bath Nitrocarburising – TENIFER Micropulse Plasma Nitriding – PLASOX
Surface Hardness in HRC Surface Hardness in HRC Surface hardness up to 64 HRC Surface hardness HV1 max. Nitration hardness depth in mm Compound layer thickness CLT in µm Surface hardness HV1 Nitration hardness depth in mm Compound layer thickness CLT in µm Surface hardness HV1 Nitration hardness depth in mm Compound layer thickness CLT in µm
Structural steel
1.0037 S235JR — — yes 280-400 0,30-0,60 5-20 280-400 0,30-0,60 5-20 280-400 0,30-0,60 5-20
1.0570 S355J2G3 — — yes 300-450 0,30-0,60 5-20 300-450 0,30-0,60 5-20 300-450 0,30-0,60 5-20
Tempered steel
1.1181 C35E — 50-54 conditional 300-500 0,30-0,60 5-20 300-500 0,30-0,60 5-20 300-500 0,30-0,60 5-20
1.1191 C45E — 55-60 conditional 300-500 0,30-0,60 5-20 300-500 0,30-0,60 5-20 300-500 0,30-0,60 5-20
1.1221 C60E — 58-64 — 300-500 0,30-0,60 5-20 300-500 0,30-0,60 5-20 300-500 0,30-0,60 5-20
1.6580 30CrNiMo8 — 50-55 conditional 600-800 0,20-0,50 5-20 600-800 0,20-0,50 5-20 600-800 0,20-0,50 5-20
1.6582 34CrNiMo6 — 51-56 conditional 600-800 0,20-0,50 5-20 600-800 0,20-0,50 5-20 600-800 0,20-0,50 5-20
1.7033 34Cr4 — 51-57 conditional 500-600 0,20-0,50 5-20 500-600 0,20-0,50 5-20 500-600 0,20-0,50 5-20
1.7220 34CrMo4 — 52-57 conditional 500-600 0,20-0,50 5-20 500-600 0,20-0,50 5-20 500-600 0,20-0,50 5-20
1.7225 42CrMo4 — 54-60 conditional 600-750 0,20-0,50 5-20 600-750 0,20-0,50 5-20 600-750 0,20-0,50 5-20
1.8159 51CrV4 — 57-62 — 550-700 0,20-0,50 5-20 550-700 0,20-0,50 5-20 550-700 0,20-0,50 5-20
1.8161 58CrV4 — 58-64 — 550-700 0,20-0,50 5-20 550-700 0,20-0,50 5-20 550-700 0,20-0,50 5-20
Nitriding steel
1.8519 31CrMoV9 — — — 750-900 0,20-0,50 5-20 750-900 0,20-0,50 5-20 750-900 0,20-0,50 5-20
1.8550 34CrAINi7-10 — — — 850-1100 0,20-0,50 5-20 850-1100 0,20-0,50 5-20 850-1100 0,20-0,50 5-20
Case-hardening steel
1.0401 C15 — — yes 300-450 0,20-0,50 5-20 300-450 0,20-0,50 5-20 300-450 0,20-0,50 5-20
1.2162 21MnCr5 — — yes 600-800 0,20-0,50 5-20 600-800 0,20-0,50 5-20 600-800 0,20-0,50 5-20
1.6587 18CrNiMo7-6 — — yes 600-700 0,20-0,50 5-20 600-700 0,20-0,50 5-20 600-700 0,20-0,50 5-20
1.7131 / 1.7139 16MnCr5 — — yes 600-750 0,20-0,50 5-20 600-750 0,20-0,50 5-20 600-750 0,20-0,50 5-20
1.7147 20MnCr5 — — yes 600-700 0,20-0,50 5-20 600-700 0,20-0,50 5-20 600-700 0,20-0,50 5-20
Ball bearing steel
1.2510 100MnCrW4 — 61-66 — 500-700 0,10-0,30 5-20 500-700 0,10-0,30 5-20 500-700 0,10-0,30 5-20
1.3505 100Cr6 — 61-66 — 450-700 0,10-0,30 5-20 450-700 0,10-0,30 5-20 450-700 0,10-0,30 5-20
Cold work steel
1.2083 X42Cr13 to 58 — — — — — 850-1150 * 0,10-0,20 5-20 850-1150 * 0,10-0,20 5-20
1.2312 40CrMnMoS8-6 to 52 50-55 — 650-800 0,10-0,30 5-20 650-800 0,10-0,30 5-20 650-800 0,10-0,30 5-20
1.2363 X100CrMoV5-1 to 63 60-65 — — — — 950-1200 * 0,10-0,20 5-20 950-1200 * 0,10-0,20 5-20
1.2379 X155CrVMo12-1 to 63 — — — — — 900-1200 * 0,10-0,20 5-20 900-1200 * 0,10-0,20 5-20
Hot work steel
1.2343 X38CrMoV5-1 to 54 52-58 — — — — 850-1150 * 0,15-0,40 5-20 850-1150 * 0,15-0,40 5-20
1.2344 X40CrMoV5-1 to 54 53-58 — — — — 850-1150 * 0,15-0,40 5-20 850-1150 * 0,15-0,40 5-20
1.2365 X32CrMoV3-3 to 52 55-60 — — — — 700-900 * 0,15-0,40 5-20 700-900 * 0,15-0,40 5-20
Stainless steel
1.4021 X20Cr13 to 50 48-52 — — — — 850-1200 * 0,10-0,20 3-15 850-1200 * 0,10-0,20 3-15
1.4034 X46Cr13 to 54 52-58 — — — — 850-1200 * 0,10-0,20 3-15 850-1200 * 0,10-0,20 3-15
1.4112 X90CrMoV18 to 60 50-55 — — — — 900-1150 * 0,10-0,20 3-15 900-1150 * 0,10-0,20 3-15
1.4122 X39CrMo17-1 to 49 42-46 — — — — 900-1150 * 0,10-0,20 3-15 900-1150 * 0,10-0,20 3-15
1.4571 X6CrNiMoTi17-12-2 — — — — — — 900-1150 * 0,10-0,20 3-15 900-1150 * 0,10-0,20 3-15
Casting materials
EN-JS 1030 EN-GJS 400-15 — — — — — — 400-600 0,20-0,50 5-20 400-600 0,20-0,50 5-20
EN-JS 1060 EN-GJS 600-3 — — — — — — 450-650 0,20-0,50 5-20 450-650 0,20-0,50 5-20

* Nitriding reduces corrosion resistance.
All information is only a guide, large fluctuations possible. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information.

System and Batch Sizes

Diameter Length Width Height
Induction Hardening ⌀ 600 mm 5000 mm
Case hardening / Carbonitriding / Tempering 900 mm 600 mm 600 mm
TENIFER Q, QP, QPQ / Salt bath nitrocarburising ⌀ 800 mm 1350 mm
LTPLASOX / Plasma nitriding ⌀ 950 mm 1200 mm
LTGNCOX / Gas nitrocarburising ⌀ 980 mm 5000 mm
Annealing under inert gas / Stress-relief annealing ⌀ 980 mm 5000 mm
Vacuum Hardening 900 mm 600 mm 600 mm
LTCOOL Freezing -120°C 900 mm 600 mm 600 mm
Levelling 160 tons ⌀ 250 mm 6000 mm
Levelling machine 40 tons ⌀ 60 mm 1000 mm
Sandblasting / Ceramic bead blasting ⌀ 1200 mm 1000 mm
Barrel grinding ⌀ 50 mm 250 mm

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Heat treatment technologies (PDF)
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Material characteristics heat treatments (PDF)
Material characteristics nitriding (PDF)
Material characteristics vacuum hardening (PDF)
Material characteristics induction hardening (PDF)

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