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Articles from The Shot Peener magazine
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- Saint-Gobain Launches High-Density Ceramic Peening Shot: Zirshot® HDC
- Year: 2017, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 31, Issue 4, Fall 2017
- THE CONTINUOUS SEARCH for performance enhancement and energy savings in the use of mechanical components drives many industries to employ harder and stronger metallic alloys, combined with the desi...
- The Critical Role of Metallic Shot in Achieving Consistent Shot Peening Results
- Year: 2017, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 31, Issue 4, Fall 2017
- Introduction: The quality of metallic shot plays a critical role in the accuracy and repeatability of shot peening results. Energy transmitted from the shot to the component determines the residu...
- Progressive for 50 Years: Projects That Defined Our Path
- Year: 2017, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 31, Issue 4, Fall 2017
- THE BEGINNING Progressive opened in 1967 in Holland, Michigan, about 35 miles from our current location in Grand Rapids. The company was a small machine shop, primarily building part holding ji...
- A Trip Down Memory Lane
- Year: 2017, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 31, Issue 4, Fall 2017
- Reading the article from Progressive Surface reminded me of my efforts to write memoirs of the Electronics Incorporated journey that started in 1974. I had a project to supply Boeing with media fl...
- W Abrasives and ICSP-13
- Year: 2017, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 31, Issue 3, Summer 2017
- INDUSTRY NEWS As a world market leader in steel shot and grit, W Abrasives is pleased to participate to the 13th International Conference on Shot Peening. During the three exhibit days, the W Abras...
- New Continuous Shot Blast Machines by Trowal
- Year: 2017, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 31, Issue 3, Summer 2017
- INDUSTRY NEWS Walther Trowal Gmb H & Co. has recently commissioned a THM troughed belt continuous shot blast machine for a customer in Mexico that is equipped with a brand new generation of blast ...
- Valence Surface Technologies Achieves Nadcap Accreditation for New Shot Peening Facility
- Year: 2017, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 31, Issue 3, Summer 2017
- INDUSTRY NEWS VALENCE SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES, the world’s largest independent provider of metal processing and finishing services in the aerospace and defense industry, has received Nadcap acc...
- Free Nadcap Regional Technical Symposiums
- Year: 2017, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 31, Issue 3, Summer 2017
- INDUSTRY NEWS At the end of 2016, nine Nadcap Technical symposia took place in the USA, Europe and Asia, covering both the East Coast and West Coast of the USA, three European countries and two Asi...
- Déjà Vu All Over Again
- Year: 2017, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 31, Issue 3, Summer 2017
- Show of hands: Who has learned a lesson the hard way, only to forget and relearn it again at a later date? I have joined that club many times and I recently renewed my membership. A customer contacte...
- The Inauguration of a New Industry-University Research Alliance
- Year: 2017, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 31, Issue 3, Summer 2017
- Does your organization have a specific shot peening need or concern? The Center for Surface Engineering and Enhancement (CSEE) at Purdue University can provide the research and support you need to a...
- Need a Dependable, Low-Maintenance Media Hopper Fill Valve?
- Year: 2017, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 31, Issue 3, Summer 2017
- Electronics Inc. has the answer. The On | Off Hopper Fill MagnaValve® eliminates media leakage and the maintenance problems associated with air cylinders and mechanical valves. Other benefits incl...
- Work-Hardening During Peening
- Year: 2017, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 31, Issue 3, Summer 2017
- INTRODUCTION Shot peening is normally applied in order to improve the fatigue properties of components. This improvement is due to two factors: (1) Work-hardening of the surface layer and (2) Compr...
- Application of Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy
- Year: 2017, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 31, Issue 3, Summer 2017
- INTRODUCTION The positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS)has been widely used for probing open volume defects in various materials 1). PALS has been applied for detecting the fatigue damage...
- The Role of Wheelblast in
- Year: 2017, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 31, Issue 3, Summer 2017
- Part I of this series focused on application-centric reasons to help determine the choice of airblast or wheelblast for your shot peening equipment needs. The relatively higher amount of blast media p...
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