HEAT TREATING ACCESSORIES

Common heat treating accessories include heat-resistant tongs, a quench tank, stainless foil for protecting blades from scale, replacement thermocouples, and protective gloves and eyewear. The right supplies make firing safer and help you get clean, repeatable hardening results.

Use long heat treating tongs made from low-carbon steel, which stay strong and will not become brittle when exposed to quench liquids. They let you move a red-hot blade from the oven to the quench safely. Pick a length that keeps your hands clear of the heat.

Thermocouples wear out over time and drift, which throws off your temperature readings. Keeping a spare thermocouple compatible with your controller means you can restore accuracy fast. Larger ovens may use more than one to monitor temperature uniformity across the chamber.

You can buy heat treating supplies and oven accessories from a specialist kiln retailer that ships nationwide. Shopping by what fits your oven model and your process, such as foil, tongs, and trays, matters more than price alone. Browse our heat treating accessories collection.

Stainless steel anti-scale foil wraps a blade before hardening to limit oxidation and decarburization at high temperature. It helps the steel come out cleaner with less surface scale, reducing post-heat-treat grinding. Match the foil rating to your target hardening temperature.