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- Are We Partial to Airblast Peening?
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 1, Winter 2026
- THE OBVIOSITY OF THIS QUESTION IS STRIKING. For those of you who wish to check the existence of this unique word, “obviosity,” do not bother, I admit that it is a non-standard word, much like t...
- Viking Wheel Blast Systems Launches the SD-MAX 1600 A Smarter, Stronger Blast Wheel for Heavy-Duty Performance
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 1, Winter 2026
- Rose Hill, KS – September 2025 — Viking Wheel Blast Systems proudly announces the launch of its latest innovation: the SD-MAX 1600 Blast Wheel. Designed for exceptional durability, reduced main...
- Dr. Kirk Retrospective: Alternative Scaling of Almen Strip Saturation Curves
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 1, Winter 2026
- INTRODUCING THE DR. KIRK RETROSPECTIVES Dr. David Kirk’s articles in The Shot Peener have long been among the most valuable resources for both new members of the peening community and its seasoned...
- Walter Beach Named Chair of SAE Committees
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 1, Winter 2026
- Peening Technologies of Connecticut’s Vice President, Walter A. Beach, has been named Chairperson of the SAE Surface Enhancement Committee and the Aerospace Surface Enhancement Committee. He succ...
- ICSP15 Recap
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 1, Winter 2026
- On September 22, 2025, Purdue University welcomed 150 attendees from 10 nations to the 15th International Conference on Shot Peening. Held in West Lafayette, Indiana, the ICSP spanned four days mar...
- 2025 Shot Peener of the Year Dr. Langdon Feltner
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 1, Winter 2026
- THE 2025 SHOT PEENER OF THE YEAR award goes to Dr. Langdon Feltner, a rising voice within the shot peening community whose work is reshaping how the industry approaches variability, sensing, and di...
- Passing the Torch
- Year: 2026, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 40, Issue 1, Winter 2026
- Passing the torch to the next generation is the theme of this opening shot. I remember attending the SAE Fatigue Design & Evaluation (FD&E) meeting in 1985. There were six divisions of this committe...
- Technical Metal Finishing Announces Rebranding to National Peening
- Year: 2025, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 39, Issue 4, Fall 2025
- Technical Metal Finishing, a leading provider of metal finishing services, announced its rebranding to National Peening. Previously, Technical Metal Finishing operated in line with National Peening...
- GelSight Launches Modulus Precision Inspection for Previously Inaccessible Places
- Year: 2025, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 39, Issue 4, Fall 2025
- GELSIGHT, a pioneer in tactile intelligence technology, has introduced the new GelSight Modulus system to further expand the boundaries of tactile sensing and usher in the next generation of mobile...
- The Appliance of Science
- Year: 2025, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 39, Issue 4, Fall 2025
- INTRODUCTION The following is a quotation from a previous article in this series: “Science is almost always able to provide answers to questions about observed phenomena. Consider as examples: ...
- Specifications beyond Aerospace
- Year: 2025, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 39, Issue 4, Fall 2025
- AS I START MY 36TH YEAR of gainful employment, 95% of which has been in this industry, like most of you, I too have accumulated many interesting stories. However, this one stands apart and worthy o...
- Practical Application of PALS in Japan (Sub-Nanometer Material Evaluation)
- Year: 2025, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 39, Issue 4, Fall 2025
- 1. Introduction Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) is a technique that can evaluate atomic-level defects and intermolecular space and pore structures with nondestructive and high s...
- Progressive Surface Installs Shot Peening System at Purdue University
- Year: 2025, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 39, Issue 4, Fall 2025
- STUDENTS AND RESEARCH TEAMS will be using a cutting-edge shot peening system this fall in Purdue’s Manufacturing and Materials Research Laboratories (MMRL). The shot peening system was built and ...
- Going Forward
- Year: 2025, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 39, Issue 4, Fall 2025
- MY, HOW TIME FLIES. I remember the launch of The Shot Peener in 1987. Seems like a hundred years ago. It was the result of my effort to advertise. This led to adding names to our database and identi...
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