Lake City Heat Treating, Warsaw, Ind., announces the construction of a 6000 square foot addition to its facility in Warsaw to support its continued growth in production and to expand its heat treating capabilities. The new building allows Lake City Heat Treating to bring in new machines and equipment, including a new hot isostatic press in late fall 2018.
Lake City Heat Treating specializes in vacuum heat treating of stainless steels, cobalt, and nickel alloys and vacuum heat treatable steels for aerospace, medical, and other quality-critical industries. Cryogenic, hot isostatic pressing and tempering services also offered. LCHT offers the heat treating capabilities and capacities to meet customers’ exact requirements and specifications.
A new vacuum furnace is now available at Lake City, bringing the company’s vacuum heat treating line to seven. This new furnace features “6 bar” capabilities with a variable speed 200HP cooling blower. The VFS Model HIQ3836-6 furnace can achieve vacuums of 10-6 torr and process temperatures up to 2400°F with a work load size up to 24 x 24 x 36 inches. With this new furnace, LCHT now offers nitrogen as well as argon quench. These new capabilities enable the company to process customer requirements to exact specifications.
Lake City is accredited by the National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap).
