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Industrializing 3D Printing Finishing. Seriously.
Industrializing 3D printing finishing requires a transition from inefficient air blasting to automated wheel technology. A technical process review to recover hidden shop margins and stabilize production quality.

Silvio Ruiu
Jan 273 min read


LEAN controls Shot Peening.
Shot peening combined with industrial administration brings profit. This technical analysis explores how to use LEAN manufacturing to measure KPIs like peening intensity and exposure time without compromising production quality, grounding theoretical engineering into a controllable and profitable mass production process.

Silvio Ruiu
Jan 262 min read


3D Printing: Finishing Process Economic Impact.
Technical OPEX analysis for HP MJF and 3d printing. Comparison of Manual vs. Wheel Blasting costs ($5.12 vs $0.26). Data-driven guide to industrial scalability in the finishing area.

Silvio Ruiu
Jan 243 min read


HP MJF Post-Processing: Surface Engineering for Prototyping Artists and Beyond.
Printing is only 50% of the task. Moving from manual laboratory cleaning to automated surface engineering is essential to protect margins and meet nominal design parameters in HP MJF and general 3D production.

Silvio Ruiu
Jan 232 min read


Surface Engineering FAQ: Solving Blasting & Shot Peening Issues.
Why my cycle timing has been increased in the blaster? Assuming nothing else changed and parts are loaded accordingly with the best practice for your specific task:, Wheel Blaster : it may be media missing inside the machine. You can check the Amps, to variate is normal within a gap plus/minus 1; bigger gaps require further checks; if Amps are lower than expected you need to add new media, if wheel Amps are consistent you should check the media mix, maybe too dusty, settling

Silvio Ruiu
Jan 226 min read


Why Should You Think about Shot Peening. Seriously.
Looking at shotpeening as business resource, a profit driver. From a 15% reduction in raw material costs to a 3x increase in product lifetime: here is why you need surface engineering. Seriously.

Silvio Ruiu
Jan 222 min read


Blasting Process Drifting? It’s the Setup. 3 Tips to Verify Yours.
top the drift before the breakdown. 3 technical tips to verify your wheel blaster setup, optimize media consumption, and protect your manganese liners. Technical analysis by Silvio Ruiu

Silvio Ruiu
Jan 142 min read


Glass Mold 10 Years TCO LEAN Manufacturing Analysis. Step D.
ean Manufacturing analysis of 10-year Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) across Wheel Blasting, Laser, Air, and Chemical cleaning technologies. Based on field-collected data for a benchmark of 10,000 molds/year, this analysis quantifies the impact of cleaning efficiency by TCO A data-driven guide for standardizing mold shop operations and hedging against rising energy and labor costs.

Silvio Ruiu
Jan 94 min read


Media Consumption Paradox: Why Cheap Media Damages your OpEx.
In precision surface treatment, the machine is only as good as the material flowing through it. If you are consuming more than 1 kg per hour per wheel, you don't have a supplier problem—you have a process crisis. An essential analysis of TCO, Lean logic, and the 'band-aid paradox' for CxOs and Plant Managers

Silvio Ruiu
Jan 75 min read


Glass Mold Maintenance: LEAN Impacts EBITDA. Step B.
Can a minor department like the mold shop hide a $2M loss? This technical analysis breaks down the P&L of a 100M glass plant, revealing how mold erosion and maintenance inefficiency can burn over 10% of your EBITDA. Discover how to recover these margins through field-collected data and the "1-1" media consumption rule.

Silvio Ruiu
Jan 63 min read


Surface Treatment Lean Optimization: Is your Blasting Station a Black Hole?
Is your surface treatment a black hole? Technical review on how Lean Engineering protects EBITDA by optimizing the cleaning of expensive assets, like glass molds (or moulds) and extrusion dies.

Silvio Ruiu
Jan 23 min read


Shot Peening: Almen Intensity, Residual Stress & Process Validation Standards.
shotpeening explained simple and how to set up a process

Silvio Ruiu
Feb 27, 20247 min read


Tire Mold Maintenance: Wheel Efficiency Back to the Mold Shop.
tires industry requires molds to have efficient production; here is how to keep them clean thru their lifetime

Silvio Ruiu
Sep 6, 20231 min read


Lean Analysis of the Molds Cleaning Inside Glass Manufacturing. Step C.
Molds cleaning: Jidoka or bottleneck? Comparing Manual, Automated, and Wheel Blasting performance. Why global glass leaders standardized their shops using Amp monitoring and the 1-1 rule to protect assets and slash lead times. It’s about performance, not CAPEX.

Silvio Ruiu
Jul 17, 20237 min read
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