Electronics Incorporated - The Shot Peener - Shot Peening Library
Title: The Parting Shot, In with the New . . .
Author: Jack Champaigne
Source: TSP, Vol 19 / Issue 1, Winter 2005
Publication year 2005
Document number: 2005025
Number of pages: 1
Abstract:
Gears. That's what makes the world go 'round. And, in many cases, without shot peening these gears wouldn't be around for very long. Peening will increase the fatigue
strength and extend the fatigue life of gears while allowing a significant reduction in their weight. So, what prevents more people from peening gears? Our two nemesis:
Ignorance and apathy. There are people that don't know about peening benefits and people that don't care about peening benefits. The fear is that it's either a dirty and
messy process or a process not well understood and then we hear "I don't want to be blamed if something goes wrong." Despite these fears, gear peening does have a very long
history. Consider the following quotation:
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