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Metlab was founded in 1928 as a manufacturer of aircraft components (engine mounts, wing beams and struts, landing gear). As part of the manufacturing process, Metlab created an in-house heat treating  capability to handle delicate, lightweight weldments. In the process, the company invented and patented the first "drop-bottom" furnace to allow long, slender tubes and weldments to be hung in the furnace to minimize distortion.  After thermal processing, the furnace design allowed the parts to be lowered into a quench tank directly under the furnace in a matter of seconds, preventing the tubes and light sections from cooling off during the transfer from the furnace to the quench tank. This furnace design revolutionized the heat treating of aluminum as well as aircraft landing gear - providing minimum distortion and rapid cooling. 

In January, 2001 Metlab purchased J.V. Potero, Inc. a 48 year old commercial heat treating company specializing in atmosphere heat treating of small to medium sized batches, induction hardening, as well as black oxide processing.

The combination of Metlab-Potero offer a broad range of thermal processing equipment and significant heat treating experience which allows for efficient processing of small to extremely large components and batches in atmospheres and media ranging from nitrogen, hydrogen, nitriding, carbonizing and salt. Black oxide allows expansion into protective corrosion and enhanced wear protection  surface treatments.

Metlab-Potero's Unique and extensive equipment base offers customers the broadest available heat treating, surface treatment and size capability. As result, customer designs are free from heat treating size constraints common in the industry.