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Executive Summary MACHINING TECHNOLOGY Which types of machining equipment does your business use? Machining centers, vertical CNC Milling machines (non-CNC) Lathes (non-CNC) Sawing machines Turning centers, horizontal CNC Drilling machines Grinding machines (for workpieces) Machining centers, horizontal CNC Turn-mill multitasking machines Grinding machines (for regrinding cutting tools) Honing machines Wire or sinker/ram EDM Turning centers, vertical CNC Broaching machines Swiss-type lathes Waterjet machines Laser cutting machines Which of the following machining strategies does your business employ? Prototyping High-speed machining Hard turning Hard milling Large-part machining Lights-out machining Five-axis machining (full contouring) Five-axis machining (positioning only) Cutting to zero stock (moldmaking) Micromachining Other Which tooling strategies does your business use? Carbide recycling program Custom/specialty tooling Coolant management system Tool regrinding On-machine probing for tool breakage/measurement Tool inventory management/usage tracking Tool presetting Shopfloor tool vending systems Minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) None of these 50.0% 60.0% 47.5% 40.0% 25.0% 37.5% 30.0% 20.0% 17.5% 15.0% 5.0% 72.5% 60.0% 65.0% 52.5% 40.0% 40.0% 40.0% 25.0% 25.0% 7.5% 56.2% 46.1% 37.9% 35.0% 28.7% 25.6% 21.5% 20.2% 17.4% 11.7% 9.1% 53.3% 50.2% 43.2% 42.6% 28.1% 27.8% 27.4% 21.5% 8.5% 13.2% 55.5% 47.6% 38.9% 35.6% 28.3% 26.9% 22.4% 20.2% 17.4% 12.0% 8.7% 55.5% 51.3% 45.7% 43.7% 29.4% 29.1% 28.9% 21.8% 10.4% 12.6% SPONSORED BY AMT amtonline.org | IMTS imts.com 7 82.5% 60.0% 67.5% 77.5% 72.5% 50.0% 60.0% 52.5% 47.5% 32.5% 37.5% 22.5% 22.5% 20.0% 15.0% 17.5% 15.0% 78.5% 69.7% 68.1% 65.9% 58.4% 57.2% 55.5% 42.0% 29.3% 30.9% 23.3% 24.6% 23.3% 14.5% 14.2% 8.8% 7.6% 79.0% 68.6% 68.1% 67.2% 59.9% 56.6% 56.0% 43.1% 31.4% 31.1% 24.9% 24.4% 23.2% 15.1% 14.3% 9.8% 8.4% TOP SHOPS OTHER SHOPS ALL SHOPS