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- 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...
- Accuracy of computerized saturation curve analysis
- Year: 2006, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Vol 20 / Issue 1, Winter 2006
- INTRODUCTION Accuracy has two components: precision and bias. Attention has to be paid to both components if we are to achieve high levels of accuracy. Imagine that we have a digital thermometer, sens...
- The Parting Shot, Why a Picnic?
- Year: 2006, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Volume 20 / Issue 4, Fall 2006
- "How business?" It's a question that is asked and answered with friends and colleagues everyday. From my viewpoint at EI, the answer is positive. As the world gets smaller due to leaps in technology a...
- Shot Peening Solutions Save Prop Maker Money
- Year: 2006, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Volume 20 / Issue 4, Fall 2006
- The Customer's Problem A manufacturer of aircraft propellers was shot peening the shank, the portion of a propeller blade that mounts to the hub. The hub is the center section of the propeller, which...
- KSA Develops New Automated Peen Forming for Wing Skins
- Year: 2006, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Volume 20 / Issue 4, Fall 2006
- Founded as a spin-off of the Institute of Metal Forming (IBF) at Aachen Technical University in December 1993, KSA (Kugelstrahlzentrum Aachen) is a German limited company which specialises in Automate...
- Isotropic Mass Finishing for Surface Integrity and Part Performance
- Year: 2006, Source: The Shot Peener magazine, Volume 20 / Issue 4, Fall 2006
- Members of SME-DESC Technical Group: David A. Davidson, Deburring/Surface Finish Specialist; Jack Clark, Applications Engineering Manager, ZYGO Corporation; Dr. Michael L. Massarsky, President, Turbo-...
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