The Top Five Things My Customers Are Doing Right

Author:  Kumar Balan, Empire Abrasive Equipment
Source:  The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 29, Issue 2, Spring 2015
Doc ID:  2015013
Year of Publication:  2015
Abstract:  
My job is to help my customers with their shot peening and blast cleaning challenges. In the course of my work, I have reviewed many shot peening operations. While I can make sure that one aspect of a quality shot peening procedure —the equipment—is properly suited to the application, I often view their shot peening process with skepticism. I’ve sometimes felt a compelling desire to suggest that a peening operation start all over again. The truth is there has been enough dialog about such misgivings. That said, I am seeing more and more facilities doing numerous things right and it’s only fair (and encouraging) to recognize and credit such users for making an effort to create a stable peening operation.