Meanings
nounheat treater (plural heat treaters)
plural heat treaters
- One who heat-treats.
Metallurgists are responsible for predicting the microstructural changes that will occur in a component, while heat treaters are responsible for controlling the process and equipment variables so that the desired outcome will be achieved.
2016, Hwaiyu Geng, Manufacturing Engineering Handbook, second edition, New York, N.Y. […]: McGraw-Hill Education, →ISBN, pages 16–3
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heat treater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heat%20treater
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