Basics of the heat treatment of steel

Steels continue to play a very important role in our technical world, not least because of the diversity of their properties. Companies use these modern, constantly evolving materials for a wide variety of purposes. Cost-efficient use and the best possible processing of the various steels are of great economic importance in international competition. In order to be able to exploit the material potential, it is necessary to know the basic mechanisms for microstructure formation and influencing strength and toughness in the material.

The aim of the seminar is to convey these fundamentals with regard to technical heat treatment and its processes. Participants should gain an understanding of how to select and assess suitable heat treatment processes, recognize the limits and errors and understand the effects on the functionality or failure of components and apply them in practice.

The course is aimed at engineers, scientists and technicians in materials technology and heat treatment departments, people working in design, development, production and quality assurance who want to expand, deepen or refresh their basic knowledge.