Shot Method

Author:  Toshio Kawanami
Source:  US Patent 5,409,415
Doc ID:  1995056
Year of Publication:  1995
Abstract:  
A shot method wherein a shot media based on zirconia composed of a sintered body of partially stabilized zirconia, of which a substantial quantity of the shot media pass through a sieve of normal sizes with apertures of 2.36 mm or less, of which the mean realative density against the theoretical density of zirconia is not less than 95% of which the mean grain size is not more than 1.0 and has a mean Vickers hardness of not less than 1,000 kgf/mm2, is shot to a work surface.