Getting to the Root of Shot Peening

Author:  Herb Tobben, Mgr., Sample Processing Laboratory
Source:  The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 16 / Issue 2, Summer 2002
Doc ID:  2002099
Year of Publication:  2002
Abstract:  
ZERO Products Div., Clemco Industries Corp. 2002 Clemco Industries Corp. Reprinted with permission The Problem: A manufacturer and remanufacturer of steam turbines needed to peen the root section of "bucket" blades. The blades are similar to those used in jet engines and impellers but with exceptionally large root sections - some so large, in fact, they would not fit through the vestibule of ZERO's BNP-A200/A205. (The versailte A200 and A205 can be found in just about every shop that peens turbine blades to spec, so setting one up to handle these buckets would have been a cinch.)