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Title: If you can't bring the airplane to the blast cabinet . . .
Author: Herb Tobben, Mgr., Sample Processing Laboratory
Source: TSP, Vol 16 / Issue 1, Spring 2002
Publication year 2002
Document number: 2002092
Number of pages: 1
Abstract:
ZERO Products Div., Clemco Industries Corp.
2002 Clemco Industries Corp.
Reprinted with permission
The Problem:
A large United States Air Force base needed to shot peen the ID of landing gear components. Landing gear undergoes tremendous stress, especially when it's attached to a
heavily laden military plane touching down on a primitive runway in some faraway land. After a set number of flights, or after an especially rough landing, maintenance
personnel disassemble the landing gear and repair any damage. Before re-assembly, critical components must be shot peened to factory spec - a pretty straighforward project.
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