RP SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

From: rajendra manchanda (rajendra48@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Mar 16 1999 - 05:02:26 EET

Dear Sir/Madam,
I emailed this questionnaire before too, but didnt get enough
response. I will really appreciate if you answer these questions
and send it back. I am thankful 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:

-------------------END OF QUESTIONNAIRE---------------------

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