Industry News: Airblast AFC Is On the Right Track / Internal Shot Peening and Its Applications

Author:  The Shot Peener Staff
Source:  The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 27, Issue 4, Fall 2013
Doc ID:  2013045
Year of Publication:  2013
Abstract:  
Airblast AFC Is On the Right Track Airblast AFC has completed work on a $1.4 million project for a large rail group in Ohio, USA, which repairs, sells, manages, and leases a fleet of almost 23,000 various types of railcars and locomotives. Airblast AFC is a joint venture between Airblast Ltd and AFC Finishing Systems (AFC) who has been manufacturing paint spray booths, air make-up units, powder coating equipment and related equipment throughout North America since 1967. Internal Shot Peening and Its Applications The major application of shot peening is the improvement of fatigue characteristics, and applications like metal forming, straightening, improving resistance to stress corrosion, and testing the adhesion of plated deposits of silver on steel. Less known, but just as useful, is when shot peening is used to roughen the inside of a pipeline.