Shotpeening is a cold working process used to improve the characteristics of metal parts. The basic premise is that small, round media are directed at a part to create dimples on the surface which puts the outer layer of the metal into compression and effectively prevents fatigue failure and stress corrosion cracking. Correctly creating these …
Monthly archives: June, 2012
Proper Abrasive Levels in Blast Machines
Maintaining proper abrasive levels in your blast equipment is crucial to keeping operating costs low and productivity high. Often times, blast equipment operators believe they can save money by not keeping the blast machine hoppers full of abrasive. What drives this thinking? A false impression of cost savings is created when, by not continually introducing …