Introduction of Michele Bandini (Ph.D.)

Michele Bandini was bo in Ravenna, Italy in 1962. General manager of Peen Service in Bologna, Italy Michele has been involving in Shot Peening since receiving his PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 1990. He has been involved in several studies conceing either shot blasting or shot peening surface treatments and in particular the shot peening application and benefits as R&D engineer of Norblast. He has been co-author of several thesis conceing Shot Peening Process, Benefits and Application. Michele teaches at the Mechanical Engineering University of Bologna and Milan in Italy. He is in charge of the shot peening technology transfer in the company Ipar Blast, an associate company of Peen Service in Spain. He is also a specialist of residual stress measurements with the X-Ray Diffraction Technique and offers his knowledge and experience to the design department of Peen Service’s customers and cooperates with them to solve their problems by shot peening."