MartenWear Heat Treatment
In-House Process
MartenWear Heat Treatment
Ultra-long-wear, debris-resistant surfaces engineered to survive what destroys stock pumps.
MartenWear is a second stage of heat treatment, developed and applied entirely in house, that hardens the exterior wear surfaces of our billet steel components. The result is a surface that is extremely hard, long wearing, and robust against debris ingestion — wear-free in every application we have flow-tested on our bench to 12,000 RPM. The process is available for most of our steel billet components.
Why It Matters
Hardened to Outlast Detonation
A standard billet pump is only as tough as its untreated wear surfaces. MartenWear adds a dedicated hardening stage that targets the gear teeth and contact faces — the exact areas that fail first under debris and detonation.
Debris Resistant
The hardened exterior surface shrugs off debris ingestion that gouges and scores softer, untreated gears.
Ultra-Long Wear
Found to be wear-free in every application we have flow-tested on our bench to 12,000 RPM.
Built In-House
Developed and applied entirely in house, so every step of the treatment is controlled and verified by us.
The Process
A Second Stage of Heat Treatment
MartenWear is applied on top of our standard billet heat treatment. This second stage hardens the exterior surface of the part specifically, leaving the core properties of the billet intact while building an extremely hard, long-wearing skin on the wear faces.
Specification
Measured Hardness
Verified surface hardness and tested speed for MartenWear-treated billet components.
Surface Hardness
- Vickers: 620 – 720
- Rockwell C: 55 – 60
Speed Rating
- Flow-Tested RPM: 12,000
- RPM Limit: Unknown
Availability
Offered on Most Steel Billet Components
MartenWear treatment is available for most of our steel billet components. If you are building for high-RPM, debris-prone, or detonation-heavy conditions, ask about adding MartenWear to your pump, gears, or sprockets.