05Machinery
Buy capability, not catalogue specifications.
Select equipment against the process requirement, the volume plan and the total cost of owning it over its life.
Selection
Seventeen selection criteria.
- Production volume
- Cycle time
- Accuracy
- Repeatability
- Material compatibility
- Automation
- Tooling
- Floor space
- Utilities
- Energy consumption
- Maintenance
- Service network
- Inspection
- Traceability
- Software
- Future capacity
- Total cost of ownership
By plant type
Typical machinery families.
Assembly Manufacturing
Assembly stations, torque tools, jigs, test rigs, conveyors
Fabrication & Machining
Saws, press brakes, CNC turning/milling, welding, finishing, CMM
Process Manufacturing
Vessels, mixers, heat exchangers, pumps, filters, filling lines
Electronics Manufacturing
Printer, pick-and-place, reflow oven, AOI, ICT / functional testers
Heavy Manufacturing
Furnaces, presses, EOT cranes, heavy machine tools
Aerospace & UAV
Precision CNC, composite tooling, clean assembly areas, metrology