DAVIDSON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) today announced the successful verification of the Curtiss-Wright Laser Peening process on the airframe components of the ...

With newly gained performance and efficiency, laser peening could change how metal structures are designed and manufactured, says Dave Francis, executive vice president, Metal Improvement Co., Paramus ...

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Laser shock peening is a surface treatment process for increasing the strength and reliability of metal components. Traditionally applied to aircraft parts, the technology also shows great potential ...

Curtiss-Wright company Metal Improvement has commercialised a laser peening technology originally developed by the USA's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). The Lasershot process is being ...

Most people don't realize it, but the airplane they may fly on may be stronger and safer, thanks to a pair of former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers who developed and commercialized ...

For the first time, a portable laser shock peening system has been developed for and demonstrated in a shipyard environment and on board a U.S. Navy warship to combat aluminum cracking. On June 24, ...

Holtec workers heard “clunks” as nuclear waste canisters destined for San Onofre spun around and around – some 200 times – during a process called “laser peening,” officials said Wednesday. That’s ...