Shot peen training-course content and details

Level 1

1/ Introduction to Peening

2/ Intensity

3/ Coverage and Inspections

4/ Wheel shot peening machines

5/ Compressed air shot peening machines and nozzles

6/ Peening media types and process control

7/ Performing and documentation of a peening process

1/ Intensity

2/ Saturation curves and verification

3/ Coverage

4/ Engineering a peening process

5/ Key component peening in reciprocating engines

6/ Peening media specifications and quality control

7/ Preparing for shot peening audits

1/ Residual stresses, origins and their measurement

2/ Fatigue stress corrosion in metals

3/ Optimisation of the shot peening process

4/ Shot peening process improvement

5/ Alternative peening technologies part 1

6/ Alternative peening technologies part 2

7/ Conducting a shot peening audit

Training is designed to be compliant with the requirements of the relevant standards e.g. Nadcap AC7117/7
Candidates are issued with a manual which is theirs to keep as a reference.
Notes from the course may be made in the manual.
The knowledge check at the end of the training is in the style of an open book exam, whereby reference may be made to the manual.