Shot Peening
Sinto America, through its National Peening and Technical Metal Finishing Companies, provides shot peening services to a variety of industries.
SHOT PEENING APPLICATIONS:
- Agricultural Equipment and Components
- Aircraft Engine Components, Structures and Landing Gear
- Armaments
- Automotive Structures and Components
- Mining Industry
- Medical Implants
- Oil and Gas Industry
- Power Generation Turbine Components
- Shafts for Aircraft Engines, Power Generation Turbines and Ship Propulsion
- And much, much more!
- Steel Shot and Steel Cut Wire
- Ceramic Bead
- Glass Bead
- And much, much more!
WHAT IS SHOT PEENING?
Shot peening is a technique whereby you propel the materials noted above, at an object in the Industries noted above, to “cold work” the surface of said components with the transfer of the kinetic energy of the media into the component surface. Imagine hitting a surface with a virtually limitless quantity of “little tiny hammers”, which uniformly deforms the surface you are shot peening creating a uniform compressive stress, on a very small scale and at a relatively shallow surface depth. Although metal artisans have understood the benefits of cold working metals using a ball peen hammer for centuries, conventional “shot peening” has been available commercially for about the last century. Among the benefits of shot peening, some of the most essential are, but not limited to:- Improved component life and fatigue resistance (both low cycle and high cycle)
- Springs, gears and other drive components can see significant life enhancement
- Can improve impact resistance of materials that have a ductility debit
- Can be used as a fabrication and dimensional restoration technique
