Rack Salt-to-Salt Thermal Processing Offers Precision, Performance, and Cost Savings

At Kowalski Heat Treating, we’ve taken being "salty" to a whole new level. With our high-performance rack salt-to-salt thermal processing, customers are experiencing exceptional results for their most demanding metal components. Whether you're processing firearm barrels and slides, specialty knife blades, or high-tolerance tooling, our salt-to-salt treatment delivers the precision and consistency your critical parts require.

Engineered for strength, our salt bath process ensures superior microstructure, minimal distortion, and clean, scale-free surfaces—all without the need for post-processing. The result is precision parts that perform under pressure, and a thermal treatment process that saves time and money.

“Our rack salt-to-salt processing is ideal for barrels, slides, and knife blades,” said Steve Kowalski, President of Kowalski Heat Treating. “When performance matters most, this process delivers unmatched quality and repeatability. It’s absolutely right for those PIA (Pain in the @%$) Jobs! – the pesky jobs our customers count on us to solve.”

Compared to traditional furnace methods, KHT's salt bath processing provides, rapid, uniform heat transfer for dimensional stability, no oxidation or decarburization for superior surface quality and fewer rejects, less rework, and lower total cost of processing. KHT continues to invest in our K-Salt Division’s advanced thermal technologies to meet the evolving needs of customers across firearms, aerospace, industrial tooling, and specialty manufacturing.

Kowalski Heat Treating, celebrating our 50th year of thermal processing solutions for our customers, is committed to solving your PIA (pain in the @%$) Jobs! Our combination of precision and thermal processing consistency ensures every job is treated to your exact specifications. Stop losing sleep over those parts that are underperforming and keeping you up at night. Let us minimize waste and defects – our engineers and tech staff are ready to tackle your toughest jobs – no matter how complex your job is. Shoot us an email at Pandrews@khtheat.com or call Peggy at 216-631-4411 and let us know how we can help.

Headquartered in northeast Ohio, Kowalski Heat Treating is a specialty thermal processing and finished parts supplier, providing expert solutions to hard to perfect jobs. Celebrating 50 years in business, we’ve built a strong reputation by focusing on the toughest “PIA” (pain in the @%$) Jobs! – whatever the job – KHT can apply our range of treatment solutions - from vacuum hardening to rack salt to salt austempering / marquenching, to deep cryogenics and close tolerance specialty flatwork – we figure out the best solution for your parts and your business success.

CONTACT:

Mr. Steve Kowalski

President

Kowalski Heat Treating

skowalski@khtheat.com

1-888-KHT-HEAT