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Executive Summary SPONSORED BY AMT amtonline.org | IMTS imts.com 7 TOP SHOPS OTHER SHOPS ALL SHOPS MACHINING TECHNOLOGY Does your shop have 3D part printing capability? No additive equipment is used 76.9% 83.5% 82.5% Yes, for rapid prototyping 19.2% 12.7% 14.1% Yes, for manufacturing/part production in the customer's specifed material 1.9% 3.8% 3.4% Which tooling strategies does your business use? Carbide recycling program 88.5% 60.9% 66.1% Coolant management system 55.8% 47.1% 48.7% Custom/specialty tooling 61.5% 48.0% 50.5% High-pressure coolant delivery 71.2% 38.7% 44.8% Minimum quantity lubrication 11.5% 13.3% 13.0% On-machine probing for tool breakage/measurement 59.6% 29.3% 35.0% Shopfoor tool vending systems 38.5% 25.8% 28.2% Tool inventory management/usage tracking 50.0% 33.3% 36.5% Tool presetting 32.7% 29.3% 30.0% Tool regrinding 42.3% 43.6% 43.3% Through-tool coolant delivery 80.8% 48.9% 54.9% None of these 3.8% 8.4% 7.6% Which workholding strategies does your business use? Hydraulic/pneumatic-actuated fxtures 40.4% 33.8% 35.0% Indexers/rotary tables 75.0% 61.8% 64.3% Magnetic chucks 32.7% 37.3% 36.5% Multiple workpiece fxturing 80.8% 53.8% 58.8% Pallet changers 40.4% 31.1% 32.9% Quick-change devices 55.8% 38.2% 41.5% Tombstones 42.3% 31.6% 33.6% Vacuum chucks 25.0% 18.7% 19.9% None of these 5.8% 9.3% 8.7% Which types of software does your business use? CAD systems—2D 53.8% 37.3% 40.4% CAD systems—3D 82.7% 70.7% 72.9% CAM programming software 88.5% 65.3% 69.7% CMM programming software 46.2% 40.9% 41.9% ERP/MRP software 67.3% 45.3% 49.5% Job-estimating software 42.3% 35.1% 36.5% PLM software 5.8% 5.3% 5.4% SPC/quality management software 32.7% 18.2% 20.9% Toolpath simulation/vertifcation software 53.8% 42.2% 44.4% None of these 1.9% 6.2% 5.4%