English processes industries people & culture news locations & contact Precipitation / Age Hardening Aalberts surface technologies > processes > Precipitation / Age Hardening what is precipitation hardening? fields of application groundbreaking industries locations & contact what is precipitation hardening? Precipitation hardening, also known as age hardening, is used to increase the yield strength of specific materials. Hardness of the materials is also increased. Use Precipitation Age Hardening to harden maraging steel or other metals such as Aluminum Alloy. Parts to be treated are initially machined in the soft (solution treated) condition before precipitation hardened at relatively low temperatures to produce the required properties. Different conditions can be achieved by changing the time and temperature of the precipitation hardening treatment. fields of application Materials suitable for precipitation hardening are often specifically designed – such as maraging steel or PH steel. Precipitation age hardening is an especially successful heat treatment for 17-4ph steel, and 15-5ph steel. groundbreaking industries we serve tool manufacturing process locations Any questions? Contact us directly or select a process location near you. get in touch heat treatment Blackburn United Kingdom 584 km info.blackburn@aalberts-st.com +44 1254 264901 show location heat treatment Letchworth United Kingdom 362 km info.letchworth@aalberts-st.com +44 1462 472100 show location show all locations processes industries people & culture locations & contact news downloads follow us terms and conditions | data protection statement | legal notice | certificates cookies The Aalberts websites use cookies (read more) to analyse website usage and improve usability. We also use third party tracking-cookies to measure user preferences, enable content sharing on social media and interest-based advertising. If you hit 'accept' you allow to us to place the different types of cookies. settings accept all