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- Metrology of Almen Arc Height Measurement
- Year: 2008, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 22 / Issue 2, Spring 2008
- Academic Study Dr. David Kirk INTRODUCTION Almen arc height measurement is very important to the shot peening industry. The primary application is for determining acceptable shot peening intensity w...
- Automated Blast Systems . . . Infinite Possibilities
- Year: 2008, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 22 / Issue 2, Spring 2008
- Blast Cleaning Solutions Herb Tobben With the uptick in economic activity in North America over the past several years, many customers have sizeable production backlogs. That is certainly nothing any...
- MagnaValve Reduces Maintenance for Australian Automotive Foundry
- Year: 2008, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 22 / Issue 2, Spring 2008
- Blast Cleaning Case Study The maintenance staff at an automotive foundry in Fishermans Bend, Victoria, Australia was frustrated with the numerous breakdowns of the grit valves on their monorail eight...
- Medtronic - Validating the Shot Peening Process
- Year: 2008, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 22 / Issue 2, Spring 2008
- Case Study Shot Peening Medtronic shot peens the titanium bone screws that anchor their spinal fixation systems like the one illustrated on the right. When they decided to bring the shot peening proc...
- The Parting Shot 2007 U.S. Workshop Moving Forward with a Glance to the Past
- Year: 2008, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 22 / Issue 1, Winter 2008
- Electronics Inc. recognized that something more was needed in the field of shot peening education-an advanced curriculum for engineers and managers that are responsible for the exciting new advanced t...
- Properties of Air-Blast Shot Streams
- Year: 2008, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 22 / Issue 1, Winter 2008
- INTRODUCTION Shot peening involves three factors - Shot Stream, Machine and Workpiece. These three factors interact to determine the prime-objective parameters of coverage and peening intensity. Fig....
- Generic Almen Fixtures for Intensity Measurement in Shot Peening
- Year: 2008, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 22 / Issue 1, Winter 2008
- Applying the shot peening process on aerospace parts can be a tough challenge as geometries can get complicated and requirements quite strict. Documented cases of aerospace component failures also rem...
- Shot Peening of Springs-a Case Study
- Year: 2008, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 22 / Issue 1, Winter 2008
- Acknowledgments: The investigation that formed the basis for this article was instigated by the author in cooperation with four organizations that participated in experimental efforts as follows: the ...
- Putting Turbulence to Work
- Year: 2008, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 22 / Issue 1, Winter 2008
- Here's one of those wish-I'd-thought-of-it-first products that turns a liability into an asset. Steven Carpenter, an engineer with extensive experience in the foundry industry and an owner and partner...
- Generation of Wheel-Blast Shot Velocity
- Year: 2007, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Volume 21 / Issue 2, Spring 2007
- INTRODUCTION Shot velocity is of primary importance because it governs the kinetic energy of the impacting shot and hence the peening intensity. Wheel-blast shot acceleration is much more energy-effic...
- Generation of Air-Blast Shot Velocity
- Year: 2007, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 21 / Issue 1, Winter 2007
- Introduction Air-blast shot peening is well-established as the principal technique employed for precision peening. Shot particles are accelerated by a stream of compressed air fed into a nozzle. The m...
- Crossing the Bridge
- Year: 2007, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 21 / Issue 4, Fall 2007
- We have a saying in America, "We will cross that bridge when we get to it." It means that we will delay dealing with a problem until we can no longer avoid it. That time is now for our overworked and ...
- Planning, Communication and Documentation Lead to a Successful Purchase
- Year: 2007, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 21 / Issue 4, Fall 2007
- The two lists I've offered are intended to encourage the free flow of information between the customer and the equipment supplier. Each bit of information represents a springboard for development of a...
- Modern Shot Blast Solutions for the Automobile Industry
- Year: 2007, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 21 / Issue 4, Fall 2007
- New concept for adapting manufacturing processes to a changing market environment Two of the most important issues currently facing the automotive industry are: - Reduction of vehicle weight for b...
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