Dear Sir/Madam,
I thank all those who responded to this questionnaire before.
Even though I got some response, it was not sufficient.
I will really appreciate if you answer these questions
and send it back.Again thank you to those who replied to my
previous mail (they should not reply to this again).
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My name is Rajendra Manchanda and I am a graduate student
in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Southwestern
Louisiana, Lafayette, LA. I am doing my Masters Thesis in
area of Rapid Prototyping. For that my adviser, Dr. Dwivedi
(Chair in Manufacturing), advised me to do a little survey
that will help me in understanding where this technology
stands today and will guide me in making some decisions.
I will appreciate if you can take some time out of your busy
schedule and answer few questions to the best of your knowledge.
You can reply via email to rajendra48@hotmail.com.
I look forward to get an early reply from you.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Rajendra Manchanda
Graduate Student in Mech. Engg.
University of Southwestern Louisiana
Lafayette, LA
-------------------------QUESTIONNAIRE----------------------
Your Name:
Title:
Name of Company:
Address:
City, State, Zip Code:
Phone No:
1. Size of Company:
a. 0-50
b. 50-100
c. 100-500
d. over 500
Ans:
2. What categary your company falls in:
a. Automotive
b. Consumer Electronics
c. Aerospace
d. Business Machine Manufacure
e. Other Mechanical Manufacture
f. Others
Ans:
3. What is appro. Annual Sale of your company:
a. Under $1 million
b. $1-$50 million
c. $50-$250 million
d. $250 million - $1 billion
e. Over $1 billion
Ans:
4. What all RP processes you are aware of:
a. FDM
b. LOM
c. SLA
d. SGC
e. Sanders - SPP
f. SLS
g. All of above
Ans:
5. Does your company has any RP machine?
a. Yes
b. No
Ans:
6. If the answer of above question is yes, What machine is
that.
a. Stratasys - FDM
b. Helysis - LOM
c. 3D System - SLA
d. Cubical - SGC
e. Sanders - SPP
f. DTM - SLS
g. Others
Ans:
7. What software do you use?
a. AutoCAD
b. I-DEAS
c. Unigraphics
d. Pro-Engineer
e. All of the above
f. Some of above
g. others
Ans:
8. Do you think the RP process helps in reducing product
development cost?
a. Yes
b. No
Ans:
9. If the answer of above question is Yes, by how much percentage.
a. 0-25%
b. 25-50%
c. 50-75%
d. 75-100%
Ans:
10. Do you think RP process helps in reducing product
development time.
a. Yes
b. No
Ans:
11. If the answer of above question is Yes, by how much percentage.
a. 0-25%
b. 25-50%
c. 50-75%
d. 75-100%
Ans:
12. What do you think about the cost of commercially available
RP machines.
a. Is appropriate
b. Is high, should be lower.
c. Is low, should be higher.
Ans:
13. Do you think current RP technology has lots of limitations
which should be overcome to get its full advantage.
a. Yes
b. No
Ans:
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