Specialist for heat treatment, hardening, nitriding, and materials testing of steel components in Homburg.
Wegener Härtetechnik GmbH
66424 HomburgNew on Amplifa
About Wegener Hardening Technology
Wegener Härtetechnik GmbH is a specialist in metal processing located in the Industrial Area East in Homburg (Saarland). The company carries out heat treatments on various types of steel, including vacuum hardening with high-pressure gas quenching (nitrogen, helium), vacuum carburizing, protective gas heat treatment with oil quenching, carbonitriding, plasma nitriding, as well as tempering, annealing, and vacuum plating. The vacuum hardening and vacuum multi-chamber systems operate at a nominal temperature of 1300 °C with a batch weight of 650 kg and a batch size of 600 x 600 x 900 mm. Treated materials include high-speed steels, hot-worked and cold-worked steels, oil-hardening steels, and heat-treated steels such as 42CrMo4 and ball bearing steels such as 100Cr6. The range of services is supplemented by salt bath treatment, part cleaning, abrasive blasting, and a proprietary materials testing laboratory featuring hardness testing, metallography, magnetic testing, carbon analysis, and spectrometry. Customers come primarily from the tooling industry, the ball bearing industry, and mass/series production.
- Site
- Homburg
- Processes
- Hardening, Nitriding, Surface Finishing, Cleaning, Tempering, Annealing, Plating, Thermal Analysis
- Materials
- High-Speed Steels, Hot-Worked Steels, Cold-Worked Steels, Oil-Hardening Steels, 42CrMo4, 100Cr6, Steels, Vacuum Hardening with High-Pressure Gas Quenching
- Certificates
- Quality Management Manual with Heat Treatment Certificates, Retained samples for documented parts, Magnatest (magnetic inductive testing), ISO 9001
- Industries
- Toolmaking, Ball Bearing Industry, Mass production / Series manufacturing, Metal Finishing, Toolmaking (High-Speed, Hot-worked, Cold-worked steels), Ball Bearing Industry (100Cr6)
- 01
Part Cleaning
- 02
Heat Treatment (Vacuum hardening, protective gas, salt bath, plasma nitriding)
- 03
Abrasive Blasting
- 04
Material and Hardness Testing
- 05
Documentation with heat treatment certificates and witness samples
Processes and Materials
Vacuum Hardening with High-Pressure Gas Quenching
Oxidation-free hardening with nitrogen or helium for high-speed, hot-worked, and cold-worked steels.
Vacuum Multi-Chamber Systems
Oxidation-free heat treatment with cold-chamber quenching, dry quenching, and distortion-minimizing directed quenching current.
Vacuum Carburizing
Low-pressure carburizing to achieve targeted carburizing depths under vacuum.
Protective Gas Heat Treatment / Carbonitriding
Heat treatment with oil quenching or carbonitriding under a protective gas atmosphere.
Plasma Nitriding
Plasma-assisted nitriding to increase surface hardness and wear resistance of steel parts.
Salt Bath Treatment
Alternative heat treatment or nitriding process in a salt bath.
Temper Steel 42CrMo4
Vacuum-hardenable temper steel for machine components.
Ball Bearing Steel 100Cr6
Ball bearing steel for the hardening treatment of mass-produced parts in the ball bearing industry.
High-Speed Steels
Tool steels with high quenching requirements, suitable for vacuum hardening.
Hot-Worked and Cold-Worked Steels
Worked steels for toolmaking with varying quenching speeds.
Sites
Homburg
DEHeadquarters / Heat Treatment Facility with Materials Testing Laboratory
- Part weight / size
- Batch weight up to 650 kg
- Lot size
- Individual parts to series (Mass-produced parts)
- Materials
- High-speed, hot-worked, cold-worked steels, 42CrMo4, 100Cr6
- Vacuum hardening system
- Vacuum multi-chamber system
- Module Therm
- Multi-purpose chamber ovens
- Shaft oven system
- Plasma nitriding system
- Part cleaning system
- Salt bath
- Abrasive blasting system
- Materials testing laboratory
Parts and Treatment Spectrum
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HardeningHeat Treatment | – | – | 650 kg | – | High-speed steels, Hot-worked steels, Cold-worked steels, Oil-hardening steels, Temper steels (42CrMo4 etc.), Ball bearing steels (100Cr6 etc.), Mass-produced parts |
| NitridingSurface | – | – | – | – | Steels |
| Surface FinishingSurface | – | – | – | – | Steels |
| CleaningSurface | – | – | – | – | Steels |
| TemperingHeat Treatment | – | – | – | – | Steels |
| AnnealingHeat Treatment | – | – | – | – | Steels |
| PlatingHeat Treatment | – | – | – | – | Steels |
| Thermal AnalysisTesting | – | – | – | – | Steels |
| Hardness Testing (Brinell, Vickers, Rockwell)Testing | – | – | – | – | Steels |
| Metallographic ExaminationTesting | – | – | – | – | Steels |
| Magnetic Inductive Testing (Magnatest)Testing | – | – | – | – | Steels |
| Retaining Witness SamplesTesting | – | – | – | – | Steels |
| Surface Treatment (Abrasive Blasting)Surface | – | – | – | – | Steels |
| Carbonitriding (Protective Gas)Surface | – | – | – | – | Steels |
| Oxidation-free Heat TreatmentHeat Treatment | – | – | – | – | Steels |
2 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vacuum Hardening System | – | 1 | 600 x 600 x 900 mm | – | Homburg |
| Vacuum Multi-Chamber System | – | 1 | 600 x 600 x 900 mm | – | Homburg |
Additional services
Quality and Testing
In the proprietary materials testing laboratory, hardness tests according to Brinell, Vickers, and Rockwell, metallographic examinations to assess hardness depth, and magnetic inductive raster tests (Magnatest) to control batch uniformity are performed. Carbon analysis and spectrometer analysis, including material mix analysis, supplement the testing; for parts subject to documentation requirements, witness samples are retained.
| Evidence | Homburg |
|---|---|
| Quality Management Manual with Heat Treatment Certificates | |
| Retained samples for documented parts | |
| Magnatest (magnetic inductive testing) | |
| ISO 9001 |