Strength in Numbers

摘要

Lany years ago, when I joined the Aerospace Metals Engineering Committee (AMEC) of the Aerospace Materials Division of the Society of Automotive Engineers, I found that shot peening was scarcely mentioned. There were times that I was accompanied by only three or four "shot peeners" at the meeting. The AMEC task group focused primarily on heat treating issues, but had inherited the task of reviewing and editing the shot peening documents that we know as AMS specifications. Despite the lack of focus on shot peening, I enjoyed attending the meetings, especially when we went to the Asilomar Conference Center in California.