Tech Talk
What is "Stabilizing Treatment"?
Before finishing to final dimensions, repeatedly heating a ferrous or nonferrous part to its normal operating temperature, or slightly hotter, and then cooling it to room temperature, ensuring dimensional stability in service. Transforming retained austenite in quenched hardenable steels, usually by cold-treatment. Heating a solution-treated stabilized grade of austenitic stainless steel to 970 C to 900 C to precipitate all carbon as titanium carbide.
