{"id":1689,"date":"2022-04-21T13:38:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T11:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tkc.si\/en\/heat-treatment\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T14:03:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T12:03:32","slug":"heat-treatment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tkc.si\/en\/heat-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; el_class=&#8221;sp-page-title&#8221;][vc_column]\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"title-banner\" style=\"background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2),rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2)),url(https:\/\/www.tkc.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/baner-varjenje-1.jpg);\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Heat treatment<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumbs-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul class=\"ns-breadcrumbs\">\n\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tkc.si\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li>Heat treatment<\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;sp-sec-1&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Heat treatment is carried out before and after welding to improve weldability.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_class=&#8221;sp-sub-sec&#8221; el_id=&#8221;1&#8243;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Tempering<\/h4>\n<p>We temper already hardened or honed tool steels after the welding process, after fine machining, before the first batch of casting, and during casting after a certain number of shots. 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