Thermofax Ltd

With over 50 years experience within the heat treatment trade, our commitment to a quality product and customer satisfaction has been the backbone on which this family business has been built.

We house the biggest furnaces in the Midlands and Southern Regions, and have the flexibility of plant to accommodate charge weights ranging from 1 Kilo up to 30 Tonnes

They range in capacity from 1 Kilo to 30 Tonne charges.

Our general process capabilities are

  • Post Weld Heat Treatment
  • Stress Relieving
  • Annealing
  • Normalising
  • Solution Treatments
  • Age Hardening
  • Lifting Capacity of 16 Tonnes
  • 10 Large Furnaces
  • Largest Bed Size of 7000mm x 8000mm

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  1. Aerospace Mould Tool Stress Relieving

    Aerospace Mould Tool Stress Relieving
    Since forming in 2001, Thermofax has established an impressive reputation for sub-contract heat treatment services within the UK. Through continued improvement and investment, Thermofax has gone from strength to strength and has allowed us to become a dominant force within the heat treatment industry and one of the largest privately owned facilities within the UK, whilst still achieving high customer expectations and consistently providing quality products and customer satisfaction. From our 25,000 sq ft facility we can accommodate batch sizes from 1 Kilo up to 30 Tonnes Our handling equipment to service the plant consists of: 1 x 10 Tonne Crane 1 x 16 Tonne crane 2 x 2 Tonne cranes 1 x 3 Tonne crane 1 x 3 Tonne Fork Lift Truck 1 x 2 Tonne Fork Lift Truck Heat treatment capacities of 1000+ tonnes per month. We primarily serve the following industries: - Petrochemical - Oil and Gas - Power Generation - Automotive - Defence - Marine - Aerospace - Construction - Agriculture - Food Processing
  2. Age Hardening

    Age Hardening
    Heating and soaking at one or more specified temperatures, followed by appropriate cooling. - Age Hardening/Precipitation Hardening - Solution Treatment - Strain Ageing - Small Capacity Water Quench
  3. Aluminium Bronze Heat Treatment

    Aluminium Bronze Heat Treatment
    A series of operations in the course of which a solid product is totally or partially exposed to thermal cycles to bring about a change in its properties and/or structure. At Thermofax we offer a wide range of services dependant on material specifics, futher processing and customers own requests if a service is not listed below, please contact us to discuss your requirements.
  4. Annealing

    Annealing
    Sub-Critical Annealing: Spherodise Annealing: Isothermal Annealing: Lamelar Pearlitic Annealing: Austenitic Annealing: Re crystallizing: Solution Annealing: Tempering
  5. Bar Stock

    Bar Stock
    With over 45 years of experience within the heat treatment industry, our commitment to a quality product and customer satisfaction has been the backbone on which this family business has been built. Our purpose built batch furnaces can accommodate a wide variety of contracts and projects and being at the heart of the midlands, are ideally located for access around the country. Typical furnace charges range in capacity from 1 Kilo to 30 Tonnes. Thermofax processes can be applied to: - Flat and Round Bar Stock - Ferrous and Non Ferrous Castings - Welded Fabrications - Heavy Forgings - Machined Parts - Manipulated Tube - Pressure Vessels - Profiles/Blanks/Plate/Slab - Rod and Wire Coil and Cut Lengths - Hot and Cold Rolled Sections - Fasteners and Springs
  6. Black Bar Heat Treatment

    Black Bar Heat Treatment
    Heat Treatment consisting of Heating and Soaking at a suitable temperature followed by cooling under conditions such that, after return to ambient temperature, the metal will be in a structural state closer to that of equilibrium.
  7. Bright Bar Heat Treatment

    Bright Bar Heat Treatment
    Heat Treatment consisting of Heating and Soaking at a suitable temperature followed by cooling under conditions such that, after return to ambient temperature, the metal will be in a structural state closer to that of equilibrium. Batch Sizes up to 30 Tonnes Max Length 8.0m
  8. Castings

    Castings
    Ferrous and Non Ferrous Castings from 1 Kilo to 30 Ton charges
  9. Cast Iron Annealing

    Cast Iron Annealing
    Heat Treatment consisting of Heating and Soaking at a suitable temperature followed by cooling under conditions such that, after return to ambient temperature, the metal will be in a structural state closer to that of equilibrium Materials Generally Processed - Carbon and Alloy Steels - Stainless Steels - Tool Steel - Boron Steel - Non-Ferrous Metals - High Temperature Steels - Corrosion Resistant Steels - Bolting Grades - Petrochemical Grades - Power Generation Grades - Nickel Alloys Batch Sizes up to 30 Tonnes Max Length 8.0m
  10. Coil Annealing

    Coil Annealing
    Heat Treatment consisting of Heating and Soaking at a suitable temperature followed by cooling under conditions such that, after return to ambient temperature, the metal will be in a structural state closer to that of equilibrium.