heat treater

English

Etymology

From heat-treat +‎ -er.

Noun

heat treater (plural heat treaters)

1. One who heat-treats.
   • 2016, Hwaiyu Geng, Manufacturing Engineering Handbook, second edition, New York, N.Y. […]: McGraw-Hill Education, →ISBN, pages 16–3:

     Metallurgists are responsible for predicting the microstructural changes that will occur in a component, while heat treaters are responsible for controlling the process and equipment variables so that the desired outcome will be achieved.

Related terms

• heat-treat
• heat treatment

 

References

• “heat treater”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.