Induction Quench & Temper (IQT) Steel Bars Manufacturer in India | P. Sood & Co.

P. Sood & Co., established in Calcutta in 1953, is a steel processing and supply company with more than seven decades of experience in carbon steel, alloy steel and engineering steel products. Over the years, the company has developed strong capabilities in value-added steel processing and works in association with its sister concerns, with manufacturing facilities located in Chennai and Pune.

Today, we offer a comprehensive range of steel products and processing solutions for automotive, wind energy, heavy engineering, hydraulics, construction equipment, fasteners, industrial machinery and general engineering industries.

• Induction Quench & Temper (IQT / Q&T) – Controlled hardening and tempering of carbon and alloy steel bars to achieve specified hardness, strength and microstructure.
• Quenching & Tempering – Heat treatment to achieve the required combination of strength, hardness and toughness.
• Soft / Spheroidize Annealing – Produces a softer, more machinable and formable structure, particularly for higher-carbon and alloy steels.
• Isothermal Annealing – Improves machinability and dimensional stability, particularly for steels intended for subsequent case hardening.
• Stress Relieving – Reduces residual stresses and helps minimize distortion during subsequent machining.
• Normalizing – Refines the grain structure and improves toughness and mechanical uniformity.
• Surface / Induction Hardening – Produces a hard, wear-resistant surface while retaining a tougher core.
• Peeling & Reeling – Removes surface imperfections and improves dimensional accuracy, straightness and surface quality.
• Centreless Grinding – Provides precision dimensions, improved roundness, straightness and surface finish.
• Cold Drawing – Produces improved dimensional accuracy, surface finish and mechanical properties.
• Wire Rod Processing – Processing of wire rods for downstream cold forming and engineering applications.
• Annealed & Phosphated Drawn Coils – Processed coils suitable for cold forming, fasteners and engineering applications.
• Precision Coil Slitting – High-precision, burr-free slitting of CR, GI/GP, Colour Coated and Stainless Steel Coils, with thicknesses from 0.3 mm to 3.0 mm, coil widths up to 1600 mm, coil weights up to 15 MT and processing speeds up to 100–180 FPM.
• Hot Rolled Steel Bars – Carbon and alloy steel bars for general engineering and industrial applications.
• Peeled Steel Bars – Improved surface quality, straightness and dimensional accuracy.
• Drawn Steel Bars – Precision-drawn bars for engineering and component manufacturing.
• Precision Ground Steel Bars – Close dimensional tolerances, excellent roundness and fine surface finish.
• Steel Profiles – Processed steel profiles for specialized engineering applications.

Our extensive product and processing capabilities enable P. Sood & Co. to provide customers with an integrated source for steel products and value-added steel processing requirements.

Typical grades suitable for our heat-treatment and value-added processing include:

- EN19

- 42CrMo4

- AISI 4140

- SAE 4140

- EN24 / 817M40

- EN16 / 605M36

- EN8 / EN8D

- EN18

- EN353

- 16MnCr5

- SAE 8620

- SAE 1541

- Other carbon, alloy and heat-treatable steel grades according to customer requirements.

P. SOOD & CO. also supplies and processes a broad range of carbon steels, alloy steels, spring steels, bearing steels, cold-heading-quality steels and stainless steels. STEEL

Value-Added Processing of Heat Treated Steel Bars

Following induction heat treatment, steel bars can be supplied with additional finishing operations depending on the application and dimensional requirements.

Available value-added processes include:

- Peeling / Centreless Turning

- Reeling

- Grinding

- Peeled & Ground Steel Bars

- Straightening

- Cut-to-Length

- End Cutting

- Chamfering

- Demagnetization

- Metallurgical support

- Inspection and test documentation

- Customer-specific packaging and bundling

Peeled and ground bars can be supplied to close dimensional tolerances such as H9 / H11, depending on the material size and customer requirement. STEEL

Induction Surface Hardening

In addition to through-hardening and quench & tempering, induction surface hardening can be used where a component or bar requires a hard, wear-resistant surface with a tougher core.

Induction surface hardening provides localized heating followed by controlled quenching to develop the required hardened surface layer. The process is particularly suitable for components and steel grades where wear resistance, fatigue performance and core toughness are important.

Typical applications include:

- Shafts

- Pins

- King pins

- Gear shafts

- Axle components

- Steering components

- Suspension components

- Powertrain components

- Transmission components

- Hydraulic components

- Industrial machinery components

Why Induction Heat Treatment?

Compared with conventional component-level heat treatment after machining, treating the steel bar before machining can provide important manufacturing advantages.

Pre-hardened and quenched & tempered steel bars can help manufacturers:

Reduce machining-related heat-treatment risk → Improve dimensional stability → Reduce distortion risk → Improve consistency → Reduce rejection risk → Improve production efficiency.

Heat treatment of the complete bar before machining allows manufacturers to start the machining process with material having controlled hardness and metallurgical properties.

This can be particularly valuable for automotive components, shafts, pins, gears, axles, steering and suspension parts, powertrain components and other safety-critical or high-load engineering components.

Quality Control of Heat Treated Steel Bars

Quality verification can include:

- Surface hardness testing

- Core hardness testing

- Hardness uniformity

- Microstructure examination

- Tempered martensite verification

- Straightness inspection

- Dimensional inspection

- Surface condition inspection

- Metallurgical testing

- Customer-specific testing

- Traceability and inspection documentation

The objective is to ensure that the processed steel bar meets the specified hardness, microstructure, dimensional and metallurgical requirements before it is released for machining or subsequent processing.

Typical Applications

P. SOOD & CO. supplies and processes heat-treated and value-added steel products for demanding industrial applications including:

Automotive Components | Auto Components | Powertrain Components | Transmission Components | Gear Shafts | Axle Components | King Pins | Steering Components | Suspension Components | Pins | Shafts | Bush Pins | Hydraulic Components | Industrial Machinery | Engineering Components | Wind Energy Components | Fasteners | High-Strength Components.

Our heat-treated steel bars are intended for applications where strength, hardness, toughness, wear resistance, dimensional stability and consistent metallurgical properties are important.

Other Steel Processing Services

In addition to induction quench & tempering, P. SOOD & CO. provides a broader range of steel processing services, including:

Steel Wire Rod Pickling | Phosphate Coating | Spheroidize Annealing | Soft Annealing | Cold Drawing | Bar-to-Bar Drawing | Coil-to-Bar Drawing | Peeling | Grinding | Turned & Polished Bars | Peeled & Ground Bars | Cold Drawn Steel | Bright Steel Bars

Our wire-rod processing facilities include pickling, phosphating and spheroidize/soft annealing for carbon, alloy and other suitable steel grades. 

With our vast experience in steel processing, sourcing and trading, we help companies identify and procure the right quality of steel at competitive and affordable pricing. Rather than offering a single material option, we present our customers with a wide array of suitable steel grades, specifications and sourcing options, enabling them to make an informed decision based on quality, performance and cost.

Quality and material traceability are at the core of our sourcing philosophy. We ensure that the steel supplied matches the customer's specified:

• Steel Grade & Chemistry
• Size & Dimensional Requirements
• Mechanical Properties
• Hardness Requirements
• Microstructure Requirements
• Inclusion Rating
• Surface Quality
• Applicable Standards & Specifications

We place strong emphasis on sourcing defect-free and specification-compliant material.  we procure our raw material from established and reputed primary steel producers, rather than compromising on material quality for short-term price advantages.

We also provide complete material traceability, enabling customers to trace the material back to its source and supporting documentation, including applicable test certificates and material identification.

Our philosophy is simple: the right steel grade, the right quality, the right specification and the right price.

We follow the same philosophy when advising our customers on steel procurement, helping them evaluate the most appropriate material and sourcing option for their application. This approach has helped us build long-standing relationships spanning more than 73 years—and counting.

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Office &   Works:

Plot No 50, (Door No.76), SIDCO   Industrial Estate, Ambattur, North Phase, EB Road, 3rd  Street Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600098

Warehouse:

PLOT NO. B-55,   CMDA IRON AND STEEL MARKET COMPLEX,

SATHANGADU,   CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu, 600068

Contact:

Name: GAURAV SOOD – (PARTNER)

Mobile: +91 7358771760

Email: gaurav@psood.co.in

Website: www.psood.co.in