Executive Summary TOP MACHINING TECHNOLOGY
Which workholding strategies does your business use? Indexers/rotary tables
Multiple workplace fixturing Quick-change devices Magnetic chucks Pallet changers
Hydraulic/pneumatic-actuated fixtures Tombstones
Vacuum chucks None of these
Which types of software does your business use? CAD systems—3D
Offline CAM programming CAD systems—2D
Toolpath simulation/vertification software ERP/MRP software
CMM programming software Job-estimating software
SPC/quality management software PLM software None of these
Which of the following inspection equipment is used? CMM (located in quality department) Microscopes
On-machine probes for workpiece measurement Vision systems Shopfloor CMMs
Portable measuring arms
Computed tomography scanning None of these
SHOPS
65.0% 60.0% 62.5% 45.0% 42.5% 45.0% 40.0% 25.0% 7.5%
70.0% 65.0% 55.0% 50.0% 40.0% 37.5% 42.5% 30.0% 7.5% 2.5%
42.5% 47.5% 42.5% 32.5% 30.0% 22.5% 0.0%
12.5%
OTHER SHOPS
58.0% 58.4% 45.7% 36.6% 32.5% 28.1% 28.7% 17.4% 13.2%
76.0% 46.7% 40.1% 40.7% 34.7% 34.1% 27.8% 20.8% 5.0% 6.0%
46.4% 34.7% 27.1% 22.7% 14.8% 14.2% 2.2%
23.7% ALL SHOPS
58.8% 58.5% 47.6% 37.5% 33.6% 30.0% 30.0% 18.2% 12.6%
75.4% 48.7% 41.7% 41.7% 35.3% 34.5% 29.4% 21.8% 5.3% 5.6%
45.9% 36.1% 28.9% 23.8% 16.5% 15.1% 2.0%
22.4%
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2012 TOP SHOPS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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