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Cryosoak Tempering Service
Deep Cryosoak Tempering creates a significant increase in abrasive wear resistance and durability. The increases in strength, toughness and stability may couple with the release of internal residual stresses.
The end results are longer engine life, higher horsepower and less breakage.
Cryosoak treatments of metals to improve strength and toughness have been around for a number of years. Recently, however, the process has been applied to race engines with amazing results. As any machinist knows, working metal introduces stresses into the finished parts. Forging, welding, cutting, and machining all cause stress to build up in the structure of a part. Stress relieving (usually by heating to a specific temperature and then cooling at a controlled rate) can restore the part to a lower level of internal stress. Unlike some heat treatment, deep Cryo treatments create a denser molecular structure that goes completely through the part. This results in a large, internal contact area, which improves the heat, and wear properties and reduce friction. Another plus is the increase in thermal dimensional stability exhibited by parts that have been subjected to a deep Cryo treatment. In plain English, parts subjected to heat (internal engine parts for example) tend to grow, causing clearances to change. Cranks flex under the stresses of operation causing harmonics to be introduced, which can lead to hammered caps and bearings and increased friction. By deep Cryo treating these engine internals, parts "growth" and deflection can be greatly reduced. The end result is a more efficient engine with less frictional losses and greatly enhanced strength. And, as we all know, if we decrease the frictional losses in an engine, we increase the horsepower that the engine is capable of making. This is the pioneer of the process. The computer-controlled deep Cryo process cools the part dry (other less efficient processes expose the parts directly to liquid nitrogen with sometimes-disastrous results—drop and ice cube into some hot coffee for a quick demonstration). These parts are cooled at a controlled rate and the computer determines the optimum time the part must remain at temperature for proper treatment. This process is not just for the "high buck" corporate racer. It is an affordable process that can add extra life to your engine components and increase the power that you can make with the components that you already have. It is also compatible with ceramic engine coatings.
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For those who don’t know what Cryogenics means, just think COLD. The word Cryogenic is derived from two Greek words, "Kryos", which means cold or freezing, and "Genes", meaning born or produced. Deep Cryogenics is anything below 300 degrees Fahrenheit. The process has created many new applications in ultra cold temperature physics. It is found that Cryogenic treatment to metal tools and machine parts can increase their life by some 200-400%. Just recently, this process has
been applied to engine parts and components.
Cryogenics has been around for 30 years, but it wasn’t until the advent of computers and computer-regulated controls that the process became viable. Heat treating process is not really when the dynamics come into play but rather when the cool down stage comes in. Cryosoak is a big extension of this process. In fact, heat-treating is a misnomer. It should be called cold treating. If you have been around motorsports for any length of time, you know this idea isn’t new. We all know someone who has tried to cover a part or a component with dry ice, or put it in his wife’s freezer or in an oven to attempt to find an edge. Liquid nitrogen has even been tried by some. Dropping a part into a vat of liquid nitrogen is like dropping an ice cube into a cup of hot water, it cracks from the stress points inside the cube. Although not apparent to the naked eye, the changes to the parts are significant. First, it creates a much more durable molecular structure and a larger contact surface area that decreases friction and wear. Second, it relieves stress, a result from manufacturing, eliminating potential failure points in the part. And contrary to popular belief, this process actually decreases brittleness when done properly. For the competitor it decreases wear on treated parts. Hekimian Racing Engines has seen racing engines run a full year of racing at 8,500 RPM with no broken parts, and seen only ¼ of a thousandth of wear. Fact: No cryosoaked parts of ours have ever been broken to date. As a rule Hekimian Racing Engines rips all racing engines down and the bearings look just like new! We also found that cryosoaked Chevy heads are not prone to cracking even at 240 degrees F. Untreated heads show cracks at these temperatures. Transmission parts will not break or wear, nor will rear end axles, pumpkins, gears, and bearings. Another advantage is increased horsepower and torque. During the up and down piston travel, heat is a main factor with cast iron and aluminum blocks walking and flexing big time. And during this time your bores become eccentric thus causing cylinder pressure blow-by, resulting in loss of power, torque, and at the same time fuel wash. A cryosoaked block will not walk, shift or flex---- results: serious horsepower & torque gains. The strength that cryosoaking does is awesome. Several drag race teams, Winston Cup, Indy, and Motorcross use this process to their success. Snowmobile’s , ATV’s, motorcycles, any form of motorsports. The deep cryosoak process is proven to decrease wear and breakage, increase reliability, and provide improved performance. It works on all metal parts of your engine and can significantly reduce your racing costs. Cryosoaked aluminum heads can accept more advanced ignition timing without detonation. Tighter tolerances can be achieved. Example: A cryosoaked aluminum connecting rod will have a 40% less stretch , therefore you can go closer to your real number tolerance. Forged pistons can be placed in the bores tighter, real close to a hypereutectic piston. You can run hotter temperatures without any adverse effect. Cryosoaked aluminum is much harder and tighter and it machines very easy and smoother. The process of cryosoaking releases the stress and stabilizes the metal. This means that when the metal in the engine are heated up and cooled down it will not be impeded by the residual stress. Distortion of the engine components will no longer occur. A stressed cylinder will take on an elongated shape. This would be visible in wear patterns when you tear the engine down after a racing season. These exaggerated wear patterns are formed under relieved stresses in the engine metals that cause distortion. With a distortion of that nature you will get blow-by in the combustion chamber and you will not get as high compression as you planned. After the stress relief process of cryosoaking, the cylinder and pistons will stay round and the rings will get a very good seal. The compression will then come up which equates to an increase in horsepower. Torque is increased and you get a real boost from this additional power. The benefit is evident at the lower & upper rpms. This process works regardless of the engine metal. Whether it’s aluminum on aluminum, a cast iron sleeve in an aluminum block, or steel, the slow computer controlled process of lowering the temperature slowly and evenly keeps the metals cooling at the very same rate. Welded parts often create new stresses, but with cryosoaked welded parts these stresses are relieved. Normally when the engine parts are assembled, they will move as engine heat builds, creating undue eccentric wear as a result of warpage. Parts which are finished machined after deep cryosoak processing will not move, hence there is less wear and abnormal tensions. Hekimian Racing Engines
Deep Cryosoak Tempering creates a significant increase in abrasive wear resistance and durability. The increases in strength, toughness and stability may couple with the release of internal residual stresses.
The end results are longer engine life, higher horsepower and less breakage.
Cryosoak treatments of metals to improve strength and toughness have been around for a number of years. Recently, however, the process has been applied to race engines with amazing results. As any machinist knows, working metal introduces stresses into the finished parts. Forging, welding, cutting, and machining all cause stress to build up in the structure of a part. Stress relieving (usually by heating to a specific temperature and then cooling at a controlled rate) can restore the part to a lower level of internal stress. Unlike some heat treatment, deep Cryo treatments create a denser molecular structure that goes completely through the part. This results in a large, internal contact area, which improves the heat, and wear properties and reduce friction. Another plus is the increase in thermal dimensional stability exhibited by parts that have been subjected to a deep Cryo treatment. In plain English, parts subjected to heat (internal engine parts for example) tend to grow, causing clearances to change. Cranks flex under the stresses of operation causing harmonics to be introduced, which can lead to hammered caps and bearings and increased friction. By deep Cryo treating these engine internals, parts "growth" and deflection can be greatly reduced. The end result is a more efficient engine with less frictional losses and greatly enhanced strength. And, as we all know, if we decrease the frictional losses in an engine, we increase the horsepower that the engine is capable of making. This is the pioneer of the process. The computer-controlled deep Cryo process cools the part dry (other less efficient processes expose the parts directly to liquid nitrogen with sometimes-disastrous results—drop and ice cube into some hot coffee for a quick demonstration). These parts are cooled at a controlled rate and the computer determines the optimum time the part must remain at temperature for proper treatment. This process is not just for the "high buck" corporate racer. It is an affordable process that can add extra life to your engine components and increase the power that you can make with the components that you already have. It is also compatible with ceramic engine coatings.
TOP GUN SECRET FOR PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY
For those who don’t know what Cryogenics means, just think COLD. The word Cryogenic is derived from two Greek words, "Kryos", which means cold or freezing, and "Genes", meaning born or produced. Deep Cryogenics is anything below 300 degrees Fahrenheit. The process has created many new applications in ultra cold temperature physics. It is found that Cryogenic treatment to metal tools and machine parts can increase their life by some 200-400%. Just recently, this process has
been applied to engine parts and components.
Cryogenics has been around for 30 years, but it wasn’t until the advent of computers and computer-regulated controls that the process became viable. Heat treating process is not really when the dynamics come into play but rather when the cool down stage comes in. Cryosoak is a big extension of this process. In fact, heat-treating is a misnomer. It should be called cold treating. If you have been around motorsports for any length of time, you know this idea isn’t new. We all know someone who has tried to cover a part or a component with dry ice, or put it in his wife’s freezer or in an oven to attempt to find an edge. Liquid nitrogen has even been tried by some. Dropping a part into a vat of liquid nitrogen is like dropping an ice cube into a cup of hot water, it cracks from the stress points inside the cube. Although not apparent to the naked eye, the changes to the parts are significant. First, it creates a much more durable molecular structure and a larger contact surface area that decreases friction and wear. Second, it relieves stress, a result from manufacturing, eliminating potential failure points in the part. And contrary to popular belief, this process actually decreases brittleness when done properly. For the competitor it decreases wear on treated parts. Hekimian Racing Engines has seen racing engines run a full year of racing at 8,500 RPM with no broken parts, and seen only ¼ of a thousandth of wear. Fact: No cryosoaked parts of ours have ever been broken to date. As a rule Hekimian Racing Engines rips all racing engines down and the bearings look just like new! We also found that cryosoaked Chevy heads are not prone to cracking even at 240 degrees F. Untreated heads show cracks at these temperatures. Transmission parts will not break or wear, nor will rear end axles, pumpkins, gears, and bearings. Another advantage is increased horsepower and torque. During the up and down piston travel, heat is a main factor with cast iron and aluminum blocks walking and flexing big time. And during this time your bores become eccentric thus causing cylinder pressure blow-by, resulting in loss of power, torque, and at the same time fuel wash. A cryosoaked block will not walk, shift or flex---- results: serious horsepower & torque gains. The strength that cryosoaking does is awesome. Several drag race teams, Winston Cup, Indy, and Motorcross use this process to their success. Snowmobile’s , ATV’s, motorcycles, any form of motorsports. The deep cryosoak process is proven to decrease wear and breakage, increase reliability, and provide improved performance. It works on all metal parts of your engine and can significantly reduce your racing costs. Cryosoaked aluminum heads can accept more advanced ignition timing without detonation. Tighter tolerances can be achieved. Example: A cryosoaked aluminum connecting rod will have a 40% less stretch , therefore you can go closer to your real number tolerance. Forged pistons can be placed in the bores tighter, real close to a hypereutectic piston. You can run hotter temperatures without any adverse effect. Cryosoaked aluminum is much harder and tighter and it machines very easy and smoother. The process of cryosoaking releases the stress and stabilizes the metal. This means that when the metal in the engine are heated up and cooled down it will not be impeded by the residual stress. Distortion of the engine components will no longer occur. A stressed cylinder will take on an elongated shape. This would be visible in wear patterns when you tear the engine down after a racing season. These exaggerated wear patterns are formed under relieved stresses in the engine metals that cause distortion. With a distortion of that nature you will get blow-by in the combustion chamber and you will not get as high compression as you planned. After the stress relief process of cryosoaking, the cylinder and pistons will stay round and the rings will get a very good seal. The compression will then come up which equates to an increase in horsepower. Torque is increased and you get a real boost from this additional power. The benefit is evident at the lower & upper rpms. This process works regardless of the engine metal. Whether it’s aluminum on aluminum, a cast iron sleeve in an aluminum block, or steel, the slow computer controlled process of lowering the temperature slowly and evenly keeps the metals cooling at the very same rate. Welded parts often create new stresses, but with cryosoaked welded parts these stresses are relieved. Normally when the engine parts are assembled, they will move as engine heat builds, creating undue eccentric wear as a result of warpage. Parts which are finished machined after deep cryosoak processing will not move, hence there is less wear and abnormal tensions. Hekimian Racing Engines