Shot Peening Glass Beads

We are the known provider of excellent quality Shot Peening Glass Beads. Shot peening is a kind of cold working process in which the surface of a part is bombarded with a small spherical media called shot. Each piece of shot striking the metal acts as a tiny peening hammer imparting a small indentation or dimple on the surface. In order for the dimple to be created, the surface layer of the metal must yield in tension. Below the surface, the compressed grains try to restore the surface to its original shape producing a hemisphere of cold-worked metal highly stressed in compression. Overlapping dimples develop a uniform layer of residual compressive stress. It is well known that cracks will not initiate nor propagate in a compressively stressed zone. Since nearly all fatigue and stress corrosion failures originate at or near the surface of a part, compressive stresses induced by shot peening provide significant increases in part life. The magnitude of residual compressive stress produced by shot peening is at least as great as half the tensile strength of the material being peened. In most modes of long term failure the common denominator is tensile stress. These stresses can result from externally applied loads or be residual stresses from manufacturing processes such as welding, grinding or machining. Tensile stresses attempt to stretch or pull the surface apart and may eventually lead to crack initiation. Compressive stress squeezes the surface grain boundaries together and will significantly delay the initiation of fatigue cracking. Since crack growth is slowed significantly in a compressive layer, increasing the depth of this layer increases crack resistance. Shot peening is the most economical and practical method of ensuring surface residual compressive stresses.