What we do is Cryogenics. An exciting frontier that has already led to major discoveries and holds much future promise. It has been researched, tested and proven that when castings are subjected to our process at temperatures of -330 degrees F. at a controlled time/temperature cycle, a more dense, aligned molecular structure is created which yields a larger contact surface area. What this means for you is better stress relieving (for superior machine work), casting strengthening, reduced friction, heat and wear.

You see, residual stresses exist in all types of components. The stress is introduced into the parts at the time of forging, casting, heat treating and final machining. These stresses create a complex, invisible (to the naked eye) random pattern in the alloy. As parts expand from the heat generated during operation, the retained stresses cause uneven expansion, increased dimensional instability, increased wear as well as decreased performance.

Stress relief takes place when the entire mass of the component is at an equal temperature (surface and core), and then slowly cycled (less than one degree per minute) through a wide temperature range. By cycling these components to ultra low temperatures for a prolonged period a very dense molecular state is created. The benefits are a dimensionally stabilized component, which will resist distortion and warpage increasing performance and durability!

Our cryo process is NOT a surface treatment but a one-time, permanent, irreversible process that penetrates completely through the entire material structure. The hardness of the material is unaffected, while its wear-resistance factor is actually increased. This allows the component to appear "stronger" without the fear of chipping, cracking or breaking.

From start to finish, through computer control, we slowly diffuse nitrogen into a vacuum sealed chamber.  We DO NOT immerse products into liquid nitrogen. That would cause thermal shock and would destroy most components. The components are then "soaked" for a period of up to  36 hours at -300 degrees F. and slowly brought back up (over a period of 12 hours) to ambient temperature. Most competitors will do a 10-12 hour soak  and blast it right back up to ambient temperature all done in a relatively short period of time. Although this will allow a quick turn-around time for the customer, that particular kind of treatment is not enough for adequate stress relieving, molecular alignment and component strengthening and therefore NOT recommended! A typical cycle with our patented process usually runs approximately 3 days. Our strict computer-controlled process assures that optimum results will be achieved with NO dimensional changes or chance of thermal shock to the component.

Other new comers in this field currently run complete cycles in 24 hours. Our goal is two-fold. We want to provide quality treatments and treated products, as well as establishing the technology as an essential process for all serious engine builders and racers in the Motorsports arena.