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Inside Hill Engineering’s Quality Control Program

by Camille Fowler

In a previous post, we highlighted the steps we took to develop a Quality System that is compliant with ISO. Since then, we have successfully completed three renewal audits and are currently accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017, the most recent revision of the standard. Part of our Quality System requirements includes the creation and maintenance of a quality control program for the various residual stress measurement techniques we perform in our laboratory. Consistently providing high quality results to our customers is something we pride ourselves in and the best way for us to assure that is through a quality control program.

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Hunting for Meteors at Caswell Memorial State Park

by Camille Fowler

Nothing sums up summer quite like a good camping trip. A handful of Hill Engineering families made their way to the Stanislaus River and Caswell Memorial State Park for a weekend of nature, campfires, and s’mores.

A sunlit meandering dirt path surrounded by green trees and foliage.
Heading to the river through the lush riparian environment
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AS7045 – Residual Stress Measurement and Classification, Metallic Structural Alloy Products and Finished Parts

by Camille Fowler

A new Aerospace Standard, AS7045 – Residual Stress Measurement and Classification, Metallic Structural Alloy Products and Finished Parts, was recently published by SAE International. Hill Engineering was actively involved in the development of the standard along with many of our collaborators in the aerospace industry. AS7045 offers tremendous potential to revolutionize the management of residual stress during metallic material procurement.

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Overcoming Challenges in Residual Stress Measurements on Small Test Specimens Using the Slitting Method

by Ryan Tucci

When it comes to measuring residual stress in small test specimens, precision is paramount. The slitting method is well suited to this application due to the high accuracy of wire EDM machining. However, this method is not without its challenges, especially when applied to very small test specimens, such as the 0.022-inch diameter wire we recently measured.

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Presentations at TMS 2023 Annual Meeting & Exhibition!

by Adrian DeWald

Hill Engineering recently co-authored presentations at the TMS 2023 Annual Meeting & Exhibition in San Diego, CA on March 19th through the 23rd. The TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition brings together more than 4,000 engineers, scientists, business leaders, and other professionals in the minerals, metals, and materials fields for a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary exchange of technical knowledge. The abstracts for the presentations that we co-authored are copied below.

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Publication alert – Multiscale framework for prediction of residual stress in additively manufactured functionally graded material

by Adrian DeWald

Hill Engineering recently published new research with collaborators from around the world including South Korea, Australia, China, and the United Kingdom. The work is titled Multiscale framework for prediction of residual stress in additively manufactured functionally graded material. The abstract text is available here along with a link to the publication.

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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 200th 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!

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