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- Static Electricity is More Than a Nuisance to Blasting
- Year: 2007, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Volume 21 / Issue 2, Spring 2007
- Though more noticeable during the dryer winter months, static build up is always an issue for blasting operations, at any time of the year. A few simple steps taken to control static electricity will ...
- The Curve Solver Program
- Year: 2007, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Volume 21 / Issue 2, Spring 2007
- Graphs Almen saturation curve and provides value of intensity The introduction of the 10% rule in 1984 by the SAE was the first mathematical approach to determine intensity from the saturation curve....
- The Marketing of Barkhausen Noise Analysis
- Year: 2007, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Volume 21 / Issue 2, Spring 2007
- Twenty years ago, I read about a group of Finnish scientists who concentrated on an obscure phenomenon-Barkhausen Noise. This phenomenon was unknown at that time, at least by those who could usefully...
- Why Certify Test Sieves?
- Year: 2007, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Volume 21 / Issue 2, Spring 2007
- As a significant player in the growing shot peening industry, you should be asking yourself a very straightforward question about your quality control process. The answer is becoming more pertinent ea...
- Shot Peening . . . Getting It Right
- Year: 2007, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Volume 21 / Issue 2, Spring 2007
- Summary: Peening performed correctly with due heed for the basics will provide reliable benefits to components, mitigate risk of component failure and save money in doing so. Peen Lean! Do you need m...
- Turning a Medical Crisis into a New Lease on Life
- Year: 2007, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Volume 21 / Issue 2, Spring 2007
- There are probably hundreds of Shot Peener readers that have experienced something similar to my story. Your day starts out as it usually does. You go to the same job that you have taken for granted f...
- The Parting Shot, A Proud Tradition
- Year: 2007, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 21 / Issue 1, Winter 2007
- Prior to the start of the 16th annual U.S. Shot Peening and Blast Cleaning Workshop in Indianapolis this fall, Electronics Inc. sponsored a tour of the Indianapolis 500 Speedway. The tour included the...
- Blast Cleaning the World's Oldest Parts
- Year: 2007, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 21 / Issue 1, Winter 2007
- When Tilghman published the very first patents covering sand blasting in 1870, he listed many potential applications for the process from castings to etching tombstones, glass decorating to cleaning s...
- Manual Versus Automated?
- Year: 2007, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 21 / Issue 1, Winter 2007
- Many customers ask what criteria I use to determine if an application could benefit from sample processing. Customers surprise me all the time with unique applications, but a few common characteristic...
- Shot Peening Techniques for Springs
- Year: 2007, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 21 / Issue 1, Winter 2007
- A flat piece of leaf spring has, since the days of the blacksmith, received continued impacts of the hammer long after cooling down in temperature. Though the blacksmith didn't always realize the effe...
- Covering the Basics: Intensity & Coverage
- Year: 2007, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 21/ Issue 1, Winter 2007
- During an on-site training program, the Electronics Inc. training staff is available to answer questions and address problems. While some problems are unique to each facility, we find that both new an...
- Of Lawyers and Laxness
- Year: 2007, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 21 / Issue 1, Winter 2007
- So, if your shop is not up to standards, how do you get there? How do you reach the peak of the Nadcap standard? As they say in football, the best offense is a good defense. I would recommend you begi...
- Principles of Spiral Gravity Classification
- Year: 2006, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Volume 20 / Issue 4, Fall 2006
- INTRODUCTION Gravity separation of shot particles is of fundamental importance for peening. From a commercial viewpoint it is the basis of several methods for separating acceptable from unacceptable s...
- Ductility and Strength Properties of Shot Peened Surfaces
- Year: 2006, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 20 / Issue 2, Spring 2006
- INTRODUCTION It is an apparent paradox that peening, which requires a large degree of ductility, can readily be applied to high-strength, low ductility, engineering components. A single indentation ma...
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