Peening Tri-Vessel RSSA-6

The Guyson Corp. of U.S.A. just completed an extended-height custom RSSA-6 for precision shot peening critical helicopter main gear box rotor shafts. This system complies with AMS 2430 and is capable of bar-code scanning customers routing’s containing alpha numeric part numbers.

The compact Logix L24 can store and recall over 1,000 recipes. A precision machines table and slide base provides the accuracy and slide base provides the accuracy for the 80″ traverse to FD and OD shotpeen the shaft to consistently repeatable 8-10A Almen Strip intensities .

The customer opted for Guyson’s standard dual media arrangement consisting of three 3.5-cu.-ft. pressure vessels, precision 75/12 cyclone and programmable quick-connect media hoses. Nine Thompson grit value combinations precisely control the media delivery, which is monitored and displayed on the Panel view 700. This custom cell was completed in less than 20 weeks.