Buyer’s Guide registers 600!

A milestone has been reached.  600 companies have listed with the The Shot Peener Buyer’s Guide.  The 600th company to list was Allied Mechanical Contractors, Inc. out of Bell Vernon Pennsylvania.  Congratulations Allied Mechanical!

The Buyer’s Guide Directory is a FREE service of Electronics Inc. . It is your #1 resource for the Shot Peening / Surface Finishing industry! New listings are constantly being added to the web page version. Enter your company information into the world’s largest database for abrasive blast cleaning, paint stripping and shot peening. This is the highest ranking site on the most popular search engines for shot peening and blast cleaning.

It’s quick and easy to fill out the on-line listing form. If your company is associated with the shot peening and blast cleaning industry, submit the on-line form to list your company today!

A Company Listing in the Buyer’s Guide is ABSOLUTELY FREE. Post your primary company information, list sales, purchasing and engineering contact people and include a link to your company home page.

Spring issue of The Shot Peener is available

The Spring issue of The Shot Peener Magazine is in the mail and available for download or on-line reading.  Don’t miss these articles:

Gearing Up for the Next Generation
Special process suppliers need trained and experienced technologists. At the same time, special process skills are being lost worldwide due to an aging engineering workforce. Performance Review Institute (PRI) is taking steps to improve the quality of the workforce and ensure that skills are transferred to the next generation of workers.

Shot Peening Operator is Key to Success
A shot peening operator that oversees a controlled shot peening process ensures that each and every component is properly peened. Fortunately, training and certification for shot peening operators are more accessible than ever.

When Quality Matters

In an economy where cheap imitations abound, the shot peening community is trending toward higher quality standards.

Cautionary Tale: Marketing of Extension Springs
Mark Hayes separates fact from fiction in the marketing of extension springs.

Accuracy of Declared Peening Intensity Values
Dr. David Kirk proves again why his columns are kept and referred to again and again by our
readers.

Variablity Study of the Flapper Peening Process
The impact of flap rotational speed, operator technique, flap age and magnet height on the flapper peening process are evaluated.

Shot Peener Magazine Announces 2009 Shot Peener of the Year

The staff of The Shot Peener magazine is proud to award Michelle Bandini, General Manager of Peen Service, the 2009 Shot Peener of the Year award. Michele was chosen because of his extra efforts to understand the technical aspects of peening and, in particular, how hard carburized gears can be most effectively treated.

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The Shot Peener Magazine, Winter 2010 Issue!

The Shot Peener magazine, Winter 2010 issue, is now available for free download here, or click below to read on-line with the Issuu pdf reader.

ICSP-11 Second Call for Papers

The International Scientific Committee on Shot Peening (ISCSP) announces the second call for papers for the eleventh triennial conference on shot peening, ICSP-11, to be held in South Bend, Indiana, Sept 12-15, 2011.  Authors are asked to submit abstracts on-line using the form available at the conference website: http://www.shotpeening.org/ICSP-11.

More information, including suggested topics and important dates, is also available at the web site.