Threaded Rod Fatigue Life Improvement
2021 | Manufacturing
Achieved a 15x improvement in fatigue life for threaded rods through engineered residual compression and surface enhancement processing.
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Surface Enhancement Technologies, LLC
Cincinnati, OH
Extending component life and improving performance
- Services
- 16
- Offices
- 2
- Projects
- 2
- Founded
- 1977
Overview
Surface Enhancement Technologies, LLC, part of the Lambda Technologies Group, provides surface treatment services that impart compressive residual stress to improve component performance, extend component life, and mitigate failure mechanisms such as metal fatigue, stress corrosion cracking, pitting, fretting, and foreign object damage.
- Founded
- 1977
Services
Surface Treatment Services
Turnkey surface treatment processing customized to application requirements, deployable during manufacturing or maintenance either in-house or in-situ using CNC machine tools or robots.
Residual Stress & Surface Integrity Engineering
Engineering support for selecting, optimizing, measuring, and validating residual-stress-based surface treatment strategies.
Failure & Fatigue Analysis
Laboratory and analytical support focused on fatigue performance, cracking mitigation, and failure investigation.
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Projects
R0 Compressor Blades Fatigue Life Improvement
2024 | Power Generation
Evaluated and improved the fatigue life of R0 compressor blades using Low Plasticity Burnishing to mitigate fatigue mechanisms.
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Certifications
Publications
Mitigating Corrosion in Steam Turbine Engines with Engineered Compression
article | 2024
View publicationFatigue Life Improvement of R0 Compressor Blades: A Comparison of Laser Peening and Low Plasticity Burnishing
article | 2024
View publicationImproving the Fatigue Life of Additively Manufactured Components
article | 2023
View publicationFatigue Testing Surface-Treated Components
article | 2022
View publicationBurnishing Technology Combats Stress Corrosion Cracking of Welds
article | 2021
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