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In metallurgy, peening is the process of working a metal's surface to improve its material properties, usually by mechanical means, such as hammer blows, by blasting with shot (shot peening), focusing light (laser peening), or in recent years, with water column impacts (water jet peening) and cavitation jets (cavitation peening). [1]
Steel abrasives are steel particles that are used as abrasive or peening media. [1] They are usually available in two different shapes (shot and grit) that address different industrial applications. Steel shot refers to spherical grains made of molten steel through an atomization ("granulation") process, available in different sizes and hardnesses.
A ball-peen or ball pein hammer, also known as a machinist's hammer, [1] is a type of peening hammer used in metalworking. It has two heads, one flat and the other, called the peen, rounded. It is distinguished from a cross-peen hammer, diagonal-peen hammer, point-peen hammer, or chisel-peen hammer by having a hemispherical peen.
Because peening typically produces larger surface features than sand-blasting, the resulting effect is more pronounced. Shot peening and abrasive blasting can apply materials on metal surfaces. When the shot or grit particles are blasted through a powder or liquid containing the desired surface coating, the impact plates or coats the workpiece ...
Shot peen forming is a specialized application of shot peening for forming metal sheets into complex shapes. The compressive stresses induced by the impact of the shot can be used to change the shape of the component into a desired contour.
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The most rigid requirements are applicable for Almen strips and checking devices (Almen gauges) used in the aerospace industry. The generic requirements can be found in SAE specifications. Another operation to gauge the intensity of a shot peening process is the use of an Almen round, developed by R. Bosshard.