heat time

Noun

heat time (countable and uncountable, plural heat times)

1. The duration of a heat treatment.
   • When concentrator is removed and the coil current is the same, the induced power is much less and the heat time must be increased from 2.9 to 5.2 seconds (Figure 11).2000, Sandra J. Midea, Heat Treating, Including Steel Heat Treating In the New Millennium, page 160
   • This includes energy input into the part, quench flow rate, temperature, quench pressure, and heat time.2006, George E. Totten, Steel Heat Treatment: Equipment and Process Design, page 349
2. The total amount of time from the moment when scrap is charged to an empty electric arc furnace and ending when the electric arc furnace tap is completed.