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Title: Shot Peening - History
Author: Hawkinson, E.
Source: SAE ISTC Divison 20, May 1962
Publication year 1962
Document number: 1962004
Number of pages: 7
Abstract:
Man since earliest times has endeavored to improve the materials he uses for his daily needs. Through each period of history his armor, weapons, tools and vehicles
constantly required improvement in order to protect himself and provide for his needs more effectively. The cold hammering of metal by the early armorer, metal craftsman
and skilled blacksmith was an art. The shields, breast plates, spear heads, knives and swords were harder and stronger because of cold hammering. Today the process is no
longer an art but a controlled mechanical process, originally called "shot blasting" by Zimmerli and later termed "Shot peening" by Almen.
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