1. What is your Job Title?

2. What is your primary responsibility?

3. What is your organization's primary product or service?  (Please check all that apply)
Automotive
Aerospace
Electronic packaging
Electronics (IC, semiconductors)
Medical devices
Consumer goods
Service bureau
Tool & die shop
Foundry
CAD/CAM software
Data interface software
Consulting
RP vendor/developer
Materials supplier/developer
Other   (please specify) 

4. What is your company size?  This data is for:   overall company    my division

Less than 20
20 - 50
50 - 100
100 - 500
500 - 1,000
More than 1,000

5. Are you utilizing RP technology outside of the industrial/mechanical design realm?
Yes    No

Cost of machine
Cost per part as compared to other methods
Other methods technically better suited   (Please specify method)
      
Lack of good 3D models
Work flow
Have not considered it
Other   (please specify)
      

5. b) If not, why?

5. c) If so, for what specific production applications are you using RP?
Tooling
Investment casting
Injection molds
Other production part   (specify)
      
To produce end-use parts for:   (please specify market)
      
medical
electronic/electronic packaging
consumer goods
automotive/aerospace - component
Other   (please specify)
      

5. d) Total number of parts produced:

6. What RP system is your organization using in manufacturing applications?
  (check all that apply -- but please do not include design applications)
3D Systems (SLA)
DTM (SLS)
Helisys (LOM)
Stratasys (FDM)
Cubital (SGC)
Sanders Prototyping
BPM Technology
Soligen
Other   (please specify)
      

6. b) What percentage of your capability is in-house?   %

6. c) What percentage of your capability is through service bureau:   %

6. d) What criteria do you use to select an RP process for production applications?

6. e) How do various RP processes compare?

7. What material(s) are you using? (please specify material or material type, i.e., metal powder, plastic pellet etc.)

RP vendor supplied material(s) (Please specify)

Third party, custom developed (Please specify)

Other (Please specify)

7. b) What are the specific advantages in your materials choice?   

8. Please provide a rough estimate of per part cost (including labor/part):

8. b) How does this compare with other most-appropriate method?

Method:

Cost comparison/part:

Production time (in weeks): RP

Other Method (in weeks):

9. How are you addressing quality and inspection issues?

9. b) Do you use specific software or automation tools for QC & inspection?
Yes   (if yes, please specify)   No

10. Do you feel a need for an accurate intuitive way to convert 3D laser scanned data into NURBS surfaces, and would this be useful to you for manufacturing applications?

11. What is your most difficult problem(s) in utilizing RP for production applications?

Organizational or workflow issues (Please specify)

Hardware/software problems (Please specify)

Other (Please specify)

12. Are there specific hardware/software features you would like to see to address problems?

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