East Carolina Metal Treating, Inc. (ECMT), has been in business since 1976. The southeastern area of the U.S. has seen great industrial growth from industries such as automotive, nuclear, aerospace, tool and die, power tool, and agricultural. Since the inception of ECMT, this industrial growth has given rise to one of the most versatile and reliable regional heat treating companies in the country.

The hands-on management style at ECMT allows custom processing of all jobs from the smallest dies to large production orders. Customers requiring quality heat treating services include companies ranging in size from small local shops to international companies who have approved ECMT as their heat treating vendor. The commitment to personal service starts with a comprehensive training program for all employees. This assures that all personnel understand the importance of providing timely deliveries of quality products to their customers.

The 45,000 square foot facility houses over 40 furnaces and pieces of equipment, ranging from cryogenic treating at 300 degrees below zero to vacuum processing at up to 2400 degrees. ECMT also offers metallurgical testing services for any research and development that may be needed to satisfy special or unique customer applications.

In order to assure reliability and capacity, ECMT maintains several furnaces of each type. The equipment list includes four integral quench furnaces, four vacuum furnaces, three induction machines (up to 100 kw with 36" scanner), three gas nitriding furnace, numerous tempering furnaces, and others. The three larger vacuum furnaces are capable of achieving the low vacuum levels required for titanium and stainless steels as well as the quench severity needed for high speed steels and other metals.

ECMT has an Ajax Electric salt bath line, consisting of an HCSE neutral salt bath furnace and an IQCF isothermal quench furnace for austempering and marquenching. The Ajax furnaces combine the proven advantages of salt bath technology with the latest advances in thermal processing, resulting in superior material properties. Quenching in salt provides excellent temperature uniformity, minimal distortion, protection from cracking, the ability to process a wide range of geometries, and increased toughness and ductility while achieving the same through hardness as oil quenching.

ECMT is ISO 9001:2008 certified, which gives our customers assurance that our quality management system and procedures adhere to the highest standards and that we are committed to continuous improvement. All calibrations are traceable to NIST, and heat treating is performed per AMS-H-6875A, military, aerospace, automotive, and other specifications.

Plant safety and environmental compliance are a top priority. ECMT has been a recipient of several safety awards and the City of Raleigh Industrial Pretreatment Excellence Award. The January, 2004, issue of Industrial Heating, a monthly trade journal for the thermal processing industry, featured an ECMT company profile.

ECMT has positioned itself to take advantage of the area's future industrial growth with attention to detail, personal service, and a facility that incorporates technologically advanced thermal processing equipment for quality work.

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