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Meta-Lax®: An Innovative Solution to the Manufacturing Challenges of the 21st Century

The manufacturing challenges of today and tomorrow cannot be mastered with yesterday’s process and equipment. More products are being created for smaller niche markets around the world, requiring manufacturers and their suppliers to contend with:

  • Smaller Volume Product Runs
  • Shorter Lead Times
  • Reduced Tooling Times
  • Higher Quality Tolerances
  • More Competitive Pricing

If your company is into welding, machining, grinding, mold making, die casting, EDM, or heat treating, and you want to reduce the time and cost of stress relief or improve quality, you need to bring stress relief in house and with a process that is reliable, measurable, fast and cost-effective. The only stress relief process and technology that meets all those conditions is Bonal's Meta-Lax® stress relief process.

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The Most Advanced Stress Relief Technology on the Planet


Meta-Lax® Stress Relief Applications

During Manufacturing (one or more times including)
  • Before Rough Machining, Milling, or Grinding
  • Before Finish Machining, Milling, or Grinding
  • Before EDM or Burning
  • Before Heat Treating or Hardening
  • Before Reinserting into Service
  • Periodically for Preventative Maintenance
Types of Components
  • Plate
  • Bar
  • Weldment
  • Casting
  • Forging
  • Extrusions
Styles of Components
  • Fixtures and Tooling
  • Machine Tools
  • Molds
  • Dies and Inserts
  • Engine and Chassis
  • And More

Materials that Respond to
Meta-Lax® Stress Relief

Low and medium carbon hot rolled steel including 1020, A36, 1045, 1060

Low and medium carbon steel alloys including 4620, 8620, 4140, 4340, H13, P20

Tool steel alloys including A2, D2, M1, M2, M3, M4, S7

High strength steel alloys including HY80, HY100

Cast iron including gray, nodular, meehanite aluminum alloys including 356, 2000s, 5000s, 6000s, 7000s

Stainless steel alloys including 304, 316, 410, 416, 420, 17-4

Exotic metals including gold, titanium, inconel, magnesium, monel, waspalloy, and hastelloy 

Powdered metals including tungsten carbide and stellite


Poor Applications for Meta-Lax®
Stress Relief
  • Cold Rolled Steel
  • Burned Edges
  • Copper and High Copper Content Alloys
  • Metals Where Mechanical Properties Need to be Altered
  • Components Where Straightening from Treatment is Needed

Meta-Lax® Weld Conditioning Applications

Manufacturing
  • During Welding - New Manufacture
  • During Welding - Repair
Types of Components
  • Plate
  • Bar
  • Weldment
  • Casting
  • Forging
  • Extrusions
  • And more
Styles of Components
  • Fixtures and Tooling
  • Machine Tools
  • Molds
  • Dies and Inserts
  • Engine and Chassis
  • And more

Materials that Respond to Meta-Lax® Weld Conditioning

Low and medium carbon hot rolled steel including 1020, A36, 1045, 1060

Low and medium carbon steel alloys including 4620, 8620, 4140, 4340, H13, P20

Tool steel alloys including A2, D2, M1, M2, M3, M4, S7

High strength steel alloys including HY80, HY100

Cast iron including gray, nodular, meehanite

Aluminum alloys including 356, 2000s, 5000’s, 6000’s, 7000s

Stainless steel alloys including 304, 316, 410, 416, 420, 17-4

Exotic metals including gold, titanium, inconel, magnesium, monel, waspalloy, hastelloy, and stellite

Cold-rolled steel

Copper and high copper content alloys


Poor Applications for Meta-Lax®
Stress Relief
  • Electron Beam Welding
  • Laser Welding
  • Friction Welding
  • Spot Welding

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