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Electronics Inc. Your Official Source for Peening Accessories
	If you can't measure it you can't control it! All peening procedures require performance at a specific peening intensity. Therefore, it is very important to be able to measure and control your process properly. Improve your intensity, accuracy and productivity with the Almen gage and Almen strips from Electronics Incorporated!

Why Almen?

When John Almen, an engineer at Buick Motor Division of General Motors, discovered the fatigue improvements available by "shot blasting" automotive valve springs, he knew he needed some form of process control for consistent production. Periodic measurement of the shot blast would be imperative to assure intended results.

What are Almen Products?

Recognizing that shot blasting would distort and bend sheet steel, Almen developed a small test coupon that would react to the intensity of the shot blast stream. This coupon, named in his honor, is the Almen strip. It curves upwards in the middle in response to the intensity of the shot stream. The amount of upward deflection, the arc height, is measured by a simple gage which is now called
the Almen gage.

Today's Almen strips are actually precision springs made with tight tolerances from SAE grade 1070 steel. Electronics Inc recognized the importance of these tolerances and developed the standard of the industry graded Almen strips from low cost automotive applications (grade A-3) to critical aerospace applications (grade A-1S).

See also "A Brief History of the Almen Strip"