Certificate of Compliance Defined

MetaLLife and ThermaLLife are available
only from Badger Metal Tech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

ThermaLLife is performed in controlled atmosphere equipment at temperatures that are below critical. There are no changes in tolerance or size. The recipe for temperature, time, gas velocity, and composition is determined by each type of tool steel being treated. The process is automated and computer controlled. All call outs and recipes are documented for future reference to provide assured repeatability.

Coupon sampling assures that the diffusion depth and compound layer depth conform to customer requirements.

Certified trained and capable operators perform the MetaLLife and ThermaLLife processes to assure repeatability.

We stand behind the quality of the processes performed on your tooling and guarantee new tool customer satisfaction based on repeat applications of MetaLLife at specified intervals. This includes proper customer SPC of the tool along with required proper preparation of the tool, including steel selection, machining, EDM procedures, and heat treatment methods prior to MetaLLife.

Every tool receives a recorded "Receiving Inspection" to check for incoming shipping damage and to check/confirm existing Rockwell hardness measurements both before and after heat stress tempering, if applicable. The tooling then is thoroughly cleaned to prepare for processing and prevent contamination while in the controlled atmosphere equipment.

MetaLL ife is performed at room ambient conditions in a controlled environment. Complete controls assure repeatable compliancy with no change in tolerances. The "T" process designates specific application pressures, velocity, dwell, media size, classification, and process steps that have been researched and developed exclusively for hot & cold work tool steels and perishable tooling. All specifications and call outs used are documented for future reference to provide the repeatability and consistency that only MetaLL ife can provide.

Integrated MetaLL ife comparison referenced lot sampled (C, A, or N) almen strips are used to assure repeatable nondestructive compressive depth levels for each "T" process which conforms to our reference lambda coupon sampled X-ray measured compressive stress curves.
For MetaLLife we perform complete protective masking, fixturing, and plugging of core pin* and ejector holes*. Logos, part numbers, etchings, engravings, and other close tolerance dimensional areas such as sharp edges, draft angled surfaces, and possible undercut areas are protected and masked, where possible, whether specified or unspecified on customer drawings. All or parts of these procedures can modified by customer request of by a customer history of previous requirements.
Quality Control procedures for MetaLLife includes our proprietary Peen-ScanÒ to assure total minimum 200% coverage of the parts along with a close visual inspection both before and after processing.

(*We recommend the use of dummy core pins inserted by the customer for areas where it is important to close radial cracks or maintain flatness of the surface around a hole)