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- CWST Facility in Brampton, Ontario Expands Capabilities
- Year: 2023, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 37, Issue 3, Summer 2023
- Curtiss-Wright Surface Technologies (CWST) operates a network of forty shot peening facilities in eighteen countries. These facilities were established to service manufacturers who are usually with...
- Shot Peening Statistics
- Year: 2023, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 37, Issue 3, Summer 2023
- INTRODUCTION The purpose of this article is to assist readers in understanding the increasing number of applications of statistics in shot peening. Mathematics here is kept as simple as possible. ...
- Analyzing What We Know - Part 2
- Year: 2023, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 37, Issue 3, Summer 2023
- Opportunities arising from new developments In Part 1 of our discussions in the spring edition of The Shot Peener, we discussed four topics of varying familiarity in blast cleaning and shot peening...
- The RotoFlapMaster
- Year: 2023, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 37, Issue 3, Summer 2023
- Professionals performing mobile Rotary Flap Peening can benefit greatly from the ergonomic and easy-to-use angled handpiece of the RotoFlapMaster. Designed to provide increased comfort, improved co...
- Stress Field Modeling in Context of Industrial Shot Peening
- Year: 2023, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 37, Issue 3, Summer 2023
- Abstract The compressive stress field imparted by shot peening has distributed surface and depth profiles relating to media characteristics and impact conditions. While the average surface stress ...
- Kalitta Air Eliminates False Failures with GelSight Mobile
- Year: 2023, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 37, Issue 3, Summer 2023
- KALITTA AIR is an American cargo airline headquartered at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti Township, Michigan. As a leading provider of air cargo transportation, they run a fleet of over 350 Boeing ...
- Never Standing Still
- Year: 2023, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 37, Issue 3, Summer 2023
- The New LM Series MagnaValve MagnaValves for wheelblast machines were developed in 1990 using cast aluminum for durability. We have seen valves still in good working condition after 10-15 years of ...
- 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...
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