Hill Engineering Blog

New Case Study – TrueSlot®

by Robert Pires

Our latest case study is up and it’s all about TrueSlot®, our innovative technique for measuring near-surface residual stress!

A solid model block with a long but thin slot cut out of the top. — A model of a completed TrueSlot® method measurement.

Hill Engineering issued first Japanese patent for the DART!

by Robert Pires

Hill Engineering is officially going global!

We are proud to announce we’ve been issued our first Japanese patent for the DART™, our Device for Automated Residual stress Testing.

The Big 200! – Celebrating a milestone blog post

by Robert Pires

An orange and blue banner with a large 200 printed on it.

Gather round readers!

We are very excited today because in this blog we cross an incredible milestone: our 200^th post! That’s right. Since the inception of the Hill Engineering blog back in March 2016, we have published 200 times.

Let’s take a look back over the past 7 years of blogging bliss!

HE Pet Spotlight: Tau

by Camille Fowler

There’s a new addition to the HE pet family that I’m excited to tell you about. Joining my family and I at home is Tau, the orange ticked tabby cat.

New Case Study: Express RS

by Robert Pires

Our latest case study highlights ExpressRS®, our dedicated service to high-priority, accelerated schedule projects.

Renovations finished at Hill Engineering’s Utah office

by Camille Fowler

Hill Engineering is happy to announce the completion of our Utah office renovations. Working with Gladwell Construction, a licensed general contractor based in Ogden, Utah, we created a thoughtfully designed and functional workspace with our employees, current projects, and future opportunities in mind. Thank you to Gladwell Construction for a job well done.

Case Study: strain gaging services

by Camille Fowler

Strain gages are a key component of many of the residual stress measurements that we perform at Hill Engineering. These small but mighty sensors can also be used for other experiments, and this is something that we highlight in our recent case study.

New case study: Residual Stress

by Robert Pires

The heart of work at Hill Engineering has everything to do with residual stress. That’s why we thought it was about time we published a case study giving a general overview of what residual stress is, and why it is so important for designers and manufacturers to consider.

BAMpF achieves USAF software certification

by Robert Pires

We are happy to announce that our BAMpF® software version 8.x has achieved software certification from the United States Airforce (USAF) to operate on the USAF network.

Advances in Residual Stress Technology in honor of Drew Nelson

by Adrian DeWald

A special Issue of Experimental Mechanics on Advances in Residual Stress Technology in Honor of Drew Nelson was recently published. The Special Issue recognizes Dr. Nelson, Mike’s PhD advisor at Stanford University and a leader in the residual stress community, on becoming emeritus after 40 years of research contributions and teaching on the experimental determination of residual stresses and their effects on fatigue.