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- Mixing it Up
- Year: 2023, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 37, Issue 2, Spring 2023
- The following article is derived from a recent email exchange between a media manufacturer and Jack Champaigne, President of Electronics Inc. It will be valuable to our readers that have questions ...
- Proper Nozzle Selection Critical to Automated Peening, Finishing, and Blasting Success
- Year: 2023, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 37, Issue 2, Spring 2023
- AUTOMATED BLASTING, peening, and finishing are the solutions of choice for companies seeking consistent results when processing high volumes of parts with specific finishing specifications. Repeata...
- Shot Peening Materials Science
- Year: 2023, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 37, Issue 2, Spring 2023
- INTRODUCTION The most important question in the Universe is probably “Why?” For shot peening it applies to the several materials that are at the heart of the process. For example, “Why is st...
- Erickson’s S-64 Composite Main Rotor Blades are a Success Story
- Year: 2023, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 37, Issue 2, Spring 2023
- Several years ago, Erickson faced a critical decision for its S-64 Air Crane® helicopter. The six-blade heavy-lift helicopter had aluminum blades that were manufactured with extrusion equipment de...
- Honeywell Begins Testing with Sustainable Aviation Fuel
- Year: 2023, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 37, Issue 2, Spring 2023
- The Honeywell location in Phoenix, Arizona USA has begun testing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the development and production testing of auxiliary power units (APUs) and propulsion engines. H...
- Analyzing What We Know - Part 1
- Year: 2023, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 37, Issue 2, Spring 2023
- COMPLEXITY OF SHOT PEENING The heading to this section is intentionally deceptive since shot peening is not a complex process if you acknowledge its importance, understand it, and do it right! Albe...
- Downsizing for New Flexibility in Laser Shock Peening
- Year: 2023, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 37, Issue 2, Spring 2023
- Introduction Laser Shock Peening (or Laser Peening) is well-known for its high intensity and impact to achieve high residual stresses in extraordinary depth when compared to shot peening. Now Prof...
- Homage to John O. Almen
- Year: 2023, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 37, Issue 2, Spring 2023
- LEARNING IS A NEVER-ENDING OPPORTUNITY. John Otto Almen invented the gage we use today for shot peening process consistency. While struggling with early fatigue failures of automotive valve springs,...
- Method of Making Surface-Hardened Metal Shot
- Year: 2000, Source: US Patent 6,018,854
- When a shot having a hardness equal to or higher than a ferrous or nonferrous metal shot material is blasted against the surface of the metal shot material at a blasting speed of 80 m/s or above, t...
- Surface Treatment Method for a Steel Workpiece Using High Speed Shot Peening
- Year: 1998, Source: US Patent 5,816,088
- Fatigue-resistance is significantly increased by performing shot peening using fine shots. A plurality of particles of hard metal having a diameter ranging from 20 to 100 micrometers are ejected on...
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