To cite this version:Rémi Husson, Cyrille Baudouin, Régis Bigot, Edoardo Sura. Consideration of residual stress and geometry during heat treatment to decrease shaft bending. International Journal Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2014, 72 (9-12) As a consequence, geometrical nonconformities roots can be determined more easily thanks to this diagnosis tool, and corrective actions can be applied. Secondly, the influence of product geometry on bending is experimentally considered. Moreover, metallurgical observations enable to explain the influence of workpieces geometry on shaft bending. Thanks to the obtained results, process and product recommendations to decrease shafts bending are proposed.