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Heat Treatment Salts

These are molten salts used for Marquenching , Austempering , Hardening etc. The salts can be selected depending on the operating temperature range required.

 Product

    Application

Application Temperature  Range (°C)

 Melting point (°C )

 

Hardening / Marquenching  Salts

 

 ZX 135

Marquenching

Austempering

160-550

135

 ZX 150

Marquenching

Austempering

160-530

150

ZX 220

 Austempering

260-540

220

 

 ZX  460

Neutral quenching  high speed steel

500-900

460

 ZX 640

 Hardening

700-900

640

 

 ZX 845

High Temperature  Hardening

900-1300

845

 Water Additive Salts

 ZX WQA

 Accelerate quenching of Plain carbon steels to achieve maximum hardness and can be  used at temperature  of about 50°C.

Blackening Salts:   Used on all type of  mild steel  parts, fasteners , Produces uniform black oxide coat for decorative  purpose and for rust preventive . Operating temperature is 143 °C – 145 °C.

 ZX  Black 15

 Primary blackening salt for surface finishing of components after heat treatment.

ZX  Black D

 Activator  to  ZX  Black 15

 

Blueing salt

 

 ZX  Blue  225

 Gives  blue coat  and surface finishing  to enhance  aesthetics  in tools , shanks , cirlips ,  springs, band saws , hack saws blades etc. Operating  Temperature  is 300 °C – 360 °C

 Salt Bath Cover

 

ZX  Cover

 Preventing heat loss and surface oxidation in salt bath at high operating temperatures.

Salt Bath Rectifier

 

ZX  SBR

 Preventing surface decarburisation to keep the bath chemically clean.