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- Coverage: Development, Measurement, Control & Significance
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 3, Summer 2026
- INTRODUCTION The prime objective with shot peening is to induce a ‘skin’ of compressively-stressed material that will improve the service performance of components. A necessary corollary of pe...
- Saturation Curves and Process Design
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 3, Summer 2026
- INTRODUCTION I am afraid that I must start by sounding like that person I was hoping I would not become, the reminiscing old shot peener, but here we are! For those of us that have spent considerab...
- Winoa and Toyo Seiko to Launch a Fully Integrated Heat Treatment Line for High Durability Cut Wire in Altena, Germany
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 3, Summer 2026
- Altena, Germany – Thursday 23rd April – Winoa and Toyo Seiko today announce the commissioning of a new fully integrated heat treatment (HD) line at its Center of Competence for Cut Wire in Alte...
- ICSP16 Set for Gifu, Japan in September 2028
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 3, Summer 2026
- INTRODUCTION The global shot peening community has its sights set on Japan as details begin to roll out for the 16th International Conference on Shot Peening (ICSP16). Organized by the Japan Socie...
- The Almen Strip: An 80+ Year Journey of Setting a Standard
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 3, Summer 2026
- INTRODUCTION After intense work, shot-peening engine valve springs for durability, John O. Almen filed for the “Shot Blasting Test”- Patent in 1942. On June 6th 1944 the patent was granted und...
- Opening Shot
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 3, Summer 2026
- Eighty years is a long time for anything to hold its ground in manufacturing. Processes change, materials evolve, and the tools we rely on are constantly being reconsidered, which makes the Almen st...
- Wet Shot Peening as a Process Choice for Aerospace Components
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 2, Spring 2026
- INTRODUCTION Shot peening is one of the most established surface enhancement processes in aerospace engineering because its underlying mechanism is well understood and industrially robust. Repeated i...
- Ultimate Guide to Measuring Hardness: Best Practices for Reliable Almen-Strip Testing
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 2, Spring 2026
- INTRODUCTION Accurate hardness testing is critical for quality control in shot peening and related processes. SAE-J422 dictates using Rockwell to measure hardness (HRc for A strips and HRa for N s...
- Re-Engineering Shot Peening: From Manual Air Nozzles to Automated Wheel Systems
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 2, Spring 2026
- INTRODUCTION Shot peening rarely attracts attention outside specialist circles, yet it quietly protects the parts that matter most. When an aircraft structure survives a long service life, or when a ...
- Development and Validation of Velocity-Intensity Correlation for Shot Peening Media Using Shotmeter G3
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 2, Spring 2026
- INTRODUCTION Repeatable and accurate shot peening results rely on closed-loop monitoring and control of critical process parameters. Fundamentally, the transfer of energy during shot peening can be s...
- Reflecting on the Evolution of the Shot Peening Process
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 2, Spring 2026
- INTRODUCTION A ’state of the union’ assessment is essential every few years and starts with identifying our starting point, followed by tracing our path to the present. The origin of this journey...
- Technical Service Training: New from E.I. Training Division
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 2, Spring 2026
- Technical support in our industry often follows a familiar pattern. You discover an issue with your peening machine. You call EI, and troubleshooting begins over the phone. You uninstall the MagnaValv...
- Stepping Forward
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 2, Spring 2026
- My introduction to shot peening was not exactly traditional. I joined EI as an intern and spent my first two years in research and development before I ever touched a shot peening machine. My early ex...
- X-Ray Residual Stress Measurements of Shot Peened Components
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 1, Winter 2026
- INTRODUCTION It is a paradox that we cannot measure residual stresses directly. Measurements of strain can be made, which are then converted into stress using available elastic constant values. Th...
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