This technology merges well known and accepted methods of heat treating metals, such as salt bath processing with previously unavailable process flexibility.  Unique features include being able to quickly change types of salt used, to turn off the process when not needed, the ability to change the salt bath capacity  based on part size or shape, and the ability to quickly start up the process.  The uses and advantages of these applications will be discussed.

Microwave heat treating processes can be custom tailored to a wide variety of standard and high tech applications, and benefits include, energy savings, ease of use, consistency of product quality.  In addition, a wide variety of surface treatments such as carburizing, carbonitriding chromizing, and boronizing, can be performed as part of the heat treating process. 

By varying the processing environments you can process reactive or traditional metals.  These processes can be automated into a continuous or batch process. In some cases the design of the equipment can allow these technologies to be added to a facility in such a way that the transition can be invisible to the floor level worker.  Specific applications and processes requirements are limited only by the imagination.