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1. 4/25/2013 4:00:00 AM UFC Superstar Endorses Bamboo Nutra's Soon to be Released 'By-Nature' Products
   published by PR Web
   Health supplement and lifestyle conglomerate Bamboo Nutra LLC selects its primary Mixed Martial Arts fighter, Cheick Kongo- currently fighting in the UFC, to endorse the company’ s soon to be released By-Nature product line. Bamboo Nutra believes the arduous approach to training, fighting and recovery involved with the sport, makes MMA fighters the perfect...
   
2. 4/15/2013 1:03:00 PM Developing a Precision Shot Peening System
   published by Product Design and Development
   Shot peening has been in use for decades; most often to increase the fatigue life of parts, making them last longer without adding extra material. This is important when weight is a critical issue, such as in the aerospace or automotive industries. Peening ...
   
3. 4/15/2013 6:10:00 AM Asquith London Explores The Rise of Ethical Fashion & Beauty (SEOClock)
   published by Presscontacts.com
   Asquith discovered that with heightened focus on the source of fashion and beauty products the demand for sustainable fabrics, recycled packaging and responsible employment from these two high profile industries has never been higher. We’ve all heard horror ...
   
4. 4/1/2013 12:00:00 AM Developing a precision shot peening system
   published by Product Design & Development
   Developing a precision shot peening system Product Design & Development Shot peening has been in use for decades most often to increase the fatigue life of parts making them last longer without adding extra material This is important when weight is a critical issue such as in the aerospace or automotive industries Peening creates a compressive stress layer on the surface of the part This compressive layer makes it more difficult for the part to develop a fatigue crack and if a crack is created makes it harder for that crack to growTraditional peening takes a shotgun or blanket blast approach to peening parts It blasts spherical media glass bead ceramic bead stainless steel cast steel or cut wire at surfaces using nozzles that range in internal diameter ID from 0250 to 0625 This nozzle is fixed and the part is held up to 18 away from itPeening machines are very large and require huge volumes of air to operate They are typically armored with half inch metal plates because the media that isnt hitting the part is constantly bombarding the interior machine walls wearing them awayMost traditional shot peening machines process one part at a time Many semi automated machines have an indexing turntable that indexes the parts sequentially but still peen each part individually with an operator loading and unloading as needed Masking or special fixturing is often required to protect regions of the part that must not be hit by the peening media streamBirth of Precision Shot PeeningPrecision shot peening brings an entirely new concept to this field and is complementary to its larger cousin traditional shot peening Comco entered the shot peening market because it uses more accurate nozzles that move and focus on the partLike most innovative machines the precision shot peener originated with a customer request Our approach to shot peening was guided by their requirements and our existing automation platform gave us a basis from which to startUsing glass bead media Comco has been shot peening for years with automated micro abrasive blasting technology A major difference with the micro blasting approach is that with very fine media 150 micron or finer it can only be used once Shot peening media is larger and is reclaimed for reuse However the theory behind both micro blasting and shot peening is basically the same accurately mixing air and media and shooting it at a target partIn shot peening everything is bigger media is measured in inches or mm For example S 230 is cast steel shot 0023 diameter 590 pm S 550 is 0055 diameter a whopping 1400 pm Therefore when we started this project addressing the issue of larger media was the initial task Also shot peening media is expensive so it needs to be reclaimed for reuse This required a whole new element to be added to the systemOur precision shot peening system looked and operated differently than traditional shot peeners taking a machine gun approach The smaller nozzle size 0060 to 0155 ID typical created a collimated media stream and ensured that 100 percent of the media hit the part Coupled with automation the system needed no protective steel plating required very little or no masking of parts and used a less costly air compressor unitThe smaller nozzle size and tighter control allowed multiple parts to be peened at the same time as the precision shot peening machine could process four tubular components simultaneously both ID and ODFiring media from smaller nozzles required a level of media control that was not found in traditional shot peening equipment It required metering exact quantities of media and air ensuring the tightest process control This was accomplished by positively introducing media into the air stream as opposed to gravity syphon or magnetic feed systems that had control limits A side benefit of a more accurate abrasive delivery was the ability to hold tighter intensity tolerancesApproach to the ProjectThe first step was to figure out the overall system What was it supposed to do from the customers perspective How would they want to interact with it A project never has a total vision at the very beginning but we had to start somewhereWe broke the project into four major sections blaster lathe conveyor and classifier The blaster and lathe were components that Comco had been building for years the new system would be an adaptationThe conveying system and classifier were items we thought that we could purchaseAfter segmenting a project our engineering design team always started with the part that had the greatest number of unknowns to determine which project assumptions carried the highest risk There were several with this project For example commercially available conveying equipment such as bucket elevators and screw conveyors are large expensive and complex How were we going to deal with that Vacuum conveying is also used but isnt as reliable as other methodsSpecific ChallengesOur initial review identified the classifying and conveying systems as primary targets Traditional shot peening machines moved the media from the blast chamber to the top of the classifier with vacuum bucket elevators or screw conveyors From there gravity took it through the classifier and into the blasters with spiral separation typically done off line This approach was very large expensive and costly to operate Given the infrastructure required it could take several hours to several days to change media sizes We wanted to avoid this complexity and achieve greater flexibility in media relocationThe challenge was in how to not only reclaim but properly sort and size the shot peening media for reuse This media is typically robust enough that it does not destroy itself after one use but it does get smaller and periodically spheres can chip or break The reclamation system needed to move the media sort for proper sizing and eliminate any particles that were.
   
5. 3/22/2013 12:01:00 AM Heading in a new direction
   published by Centralian Advocate (Australia)
   NEW Chief Minister Adam Giles was unequivocal when he addressed the Alice Springs Chamber of Commerce's regular monthly drinks. With a phalanx of Cabinet colleagues in support he reinforced the party's credentials as pro-business and pro-development. Mr Giles said that whilst social issues remain important, it wasn't possible for the Government to focus...
   
6. 3/18/2013 1:04:00 PM ‘Politically-correct’ taxation
   published by Philippine Star
   The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has not missed a beat in subjecting high profile industries, individual and/or juridical entities, and major transactions to tax, and to tax rules and regulations.  With the 2013 national and local elections occurring less ...
   
7. 2/25/2013 4:14:00 AM SKorea's 1st female leader yet to hire many women
   published by Associated Press
   Those include authoritarian rival North Korea, which conducted a nuclear test two weeks ago and warned Monday of a fiery death for Seoul and its ally Washington. South Korea also struggles with deep societal rifts that many trace back to the 18- year dictatorship of Park's father. Park's election in December was an important moment for women in South Korea, who...
   
8. 2/13/2013 12:01:00 AM Giving to others proves good for your wellbeing
   published by Westside News (Australia)
   VOLUNTEERING is not only good for charities and community organisations, it is also good for your health. Volunteering Queensland acting chief executive officer Perry Hembury said volunteers contributed $14 billion to the Queensland economy each year, making it the number one contributor ahead of mining and other high profile industries.
   
9. 2/13/2013 12:01:00 AM Give time to gain health
   published by Northside Chronicle (Australia)
   Volunteering Queensland acting chief executive Perry Hembury said volunteers contributed $14 billion to the Queensland economy each year, making it the number one contributor ahead of mining and other high-profile industries. Mr Hembury said volunteers were key to non-profit organisations which struggled to stretch their resources to meet the needs...
   
10. 2/7/2013 12:01:00 AM Volunteers reap reward
    published by City News (Australia)
    Volunteering Queensland acting chief executive officer Perry Hembury said volunteers contributed $14 billion to the state economy each year, making it the number one contributor ahead of mining and other high profile industries. Mr Hembury said volunteers were key to non-profit organisations which struggled to stretch their resources to meet the needs...
    
11. 2/7/2013 12:01:00 AM Helpers are healthier
    published by City South News (Australia)
    Volunteering Queensland acting chief executive officer Perry Hembury said volunteers contributed $14 billion to the Queensland economy each year, making it the number one contributor ahead of mining and other high-profile industries. Mr Hembury said volunteers were the key to non-profit organisations, which struggled to stretch their resources to...