CQI-9: Heat Treatment System Assessment.

• You want an understanding of the development of a heat treat management system that provides for continual improvement, emphasizing defect prevention and the reduction of variation and waste in the supply chain.
• Intended to provide a common approach to a heat treat management system for automotive production and service part organizations.

• Assessment Process and application of process approach to auditing as identified by the requirements of IATF 16949:2019.

  • Each assessment shall include a review of the organization’s systems using the HTSA.

  • Successive Job Audits

• Assessor Qualifications

• The Process Tables are specific to heat treat processes:

• Process Table 1 – Ferrous

  • Carburizing

  • Carbonitriding

  • Carbon Restoration or Correction

  • Neutral Hardening (Quench and Temper)

  • Austempering

  • Martempering

  • Tempering

  • Precipitation Hardening – Aging

• Process Table 2 – Ferrous

  • Nitriding (Gas)

  • Ferritic Nitrocarburizing (Gas or Salt)

• Process Table 3 – Aluminum Heat Treating

• Process Table 4 – Induction Heat Treating (Ferrous)

• Basic knowledge or experience with Heat Treatment Process

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