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Hi all,
I need to do an internal rate of return calculation for a new coordinate measuring machine and have a corporate template to do this. I also have Hexacon's (B&S) white paper that includes a lot of good information in spite of the obvious conflict that its from a CMM manufacturer (and we are looking primarily at the B&S Global CM, which is programmable and automatic.
The X factor is what kind of inspector productivity increase will we see. We currently use a FARO Arm and a variety of manual gauging, although we found the FARO is borderline for tighter tolerances when we did an R&R study. We measure a variety of aircraft parts produced by contract build-to-print machine shops. Tolerances can be tight, although we would probably use hand gauging for .0005" or even .001" OD and ID's.
Our throughput will increase considerably next year (double or triple). Does any one have real world before and after experience that might help?
I need to do an internal rate of return calculation for a new coordinate measuring machine and have a corporate template to do this. I also have Hexacon's (B&S) white paper that includes a lot of good information in spite of the obvious conflict that its from a CMM manufacturer (and we are looking primarily at the B&S Global CM, which is programmable and automatic.
The X factor is what kind of inspector productivity increase will we see. We currently use a FARO Arm and a variety of manual gauging, although we found the FARO is borderline for tighter tolerances when we did an R&R study. We measure a variety of aircraft parts produced by contract build-to-print machine shops. Tolerances can be tight, although we would probably use hand gauging for .0005" or even .001" OD and ID's.
Our throughput will increase considerably next year (double or triple). Does any one have real world before and after experience that might help?