Shot peening is the bombardment of the metal with small spherical tiny balls (known as media).

These tiny spherical balls are propelled out of a nozzle at predetermined distance and velocity to create a dent (like on a golf ball) at a prescribed intensity.

These dents create plasticity (plastic) zone up to 0.015 in depth. This plastic zone creates a 2nd yield point for a failure to overcome. By creating this second yield point helps to increase the longevity of manufacture parts of up to 1000 times (even more), then manufactured life. 

Shot peen is often confused with abrasive shot blasting. Similar, BUT DIFFERENT. One is controlled and the other is not. Abrasive blasting is used for descaling and Rust removal. Where shot peening is used to replace the residual compressive stresses installed during manufacturer process or cyclic load. With residual compressive stresses. The residual compressive stress’s is what gives manufacture parts, or parts in cyclical load it’s longevity.

Finishing Treatments:

Our team as more then 20 years of industrial experience, peening almost every different type of metal produced today. Our facility is equipped with shot peen machines that can process parts of various shapes and sizes with repeatable and reproductive results.  

Additionally: Our mobile crew are equipped with portable machines to perform our shot peen process anywhere in the USA Whether in-house or in the field.