Optimization of Shot Peening Process

Atlantic Hardchrome是一家位于新斯科舍省达特茅斯的制造、机加工和电镀工厂， 工业和航空航天Chrome、镀镍、镀锡和银电镀服务。很大一部分镀层 是航空航天还是军事Atlantic Hardchrome的加工和电镀工艺延长了 使用独特的内部工艺处理磨损的部件。这些翻新的零件通常最后的OEM零件 由客户提供。延长的寿命可以从2倍到10倍的原始零件。他们的 顾客可以通过几种方式省钱，包括翻新价格通常是原价的一半， 长期维护，也避免了工业环境中许多意外的过程唐斯。 在大西洋Hardchrome的翻新操作的关键过程之一是喷丸。日益 航空航天工业对提高所有车间工艺的可靠性和质量的需求， 促使Atlantic Hardchrome开始加强他们的喷丸工艺。大西洋硬铬有 与达尔豪西大学的研究人员接洽，以优化他们的喷丸工艺， 实现喷丸处理的全部益处。该项目将产生有益于大西洋的知识 硬铬，并将使他们能够市场更高质量的过程，并增加他们的客户群。这 研究将有助于加强达尔豪西与工业界的合作，并为进一步发展奠定基础。 未来的合作。对加拿大的好处是，这个项目将有助于保持和增长高 加拿大大西洋地区的技术工作，提高加拿大在全球MRO市场的竞争力，并将导致 加拿大的出口额更高。

Atlantic Hardchrome is a manufacturing, machining and plating facility in Dartmouth Nova Scotia It offers Industrial and Aerospace chrome, nickel-plating, tin, and silver plating services. A large part of the plating business is aerospace or military. Atlantic Hardchrome's machining and plating processes extend the life of worn out components using a unique in-house process. These refurbished parts usually out last the OEM parts provided by the customer. The extended life can be from 2X and as high as 10X as the original parts. Their customers save in several ways, including the refurbished price is usually half the original price, they save on long term maintenance and also avoid many unexpected process shut downs in the industrial setting. One of the key processes in Atlantic Hardchrome's refurbishing operation is shot peening. The increasing demand driven by the aerospace industry for improved reliability and quality of all shop processes has prompted Atlantic Hardchrome to embark on enhancing their shot peening process. Atlantic Hardchrome have approached researchers from Dalhousie University to optimize their shot peening process in an attempt to achieve the full benefit of the peening process. This project will generate knowledge of benefit to Atlantic Hardchrome and will allow them to market a higher quality process and increase their customer base. This research will serve to enhance Dalhousie's collaboration with industry and will set the stage for further collaborative work in the future. The benefit to Canada is that this project will help to maintain and grow high tech jobs in Atlantic Canada and enhance Canada's competitiveness in the global MRO market and will lead to higher Canadian exports.