The process works well for standard machined parts, castings, forgings, or composite materials. It is non-destructive to the carbon content of steel and leaves the surface free of oxides, with no discoloration, as does heat stress relief. It essentially deadens the stress in machined or welded components and makes a world of difference in aluminum parts requiring intricate machining steps.

You can expect stable, stress relieved materials from our process! It will also save money in the stamping, extrusion, wire draw die, and injection molding industries. Dies and molds should be cryogenically processed after heat treating, but before finish grinding or assembly to avoid violation of tolerances. Since cryogenic processing completes the conversion of austenite to 99.9%+ martensite that was begun by the heat treating process, dimensional changes occur not only from stress relief, but also from gain growth. Once in production, a periodic reprocessing will relieve long term build-up of comprehensive or heat induced stresses. This makes tools, dies, and molds last much longer than normal.