MT Magazine May/June 2022

THE MARKETS Aerospace is the single biggest market for job shops , at 56% , followed by machinery/equipment manufacturing at 49%. Military is the third-most served industry segment, at 44%. Automotive and medical are both at 39%, closely followed by oil and gas-fired mining machinery at 36%. * * Job shops likely work for many di erent industries and make parts of di erent sizes, so the numbers add up to more than 100.

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56%

49%

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44%

TRIVIA 58% of job shops report performing lights-out and unattended machining.

39%

With regard to types of equipment, vertical dominates for rotational tools. 89% of shops report having vertical machining centers (VMCs), and horizontal for rotational workpieces, and 77% report having horizontal turning centers (HTCs).

36%

Sources: Chris Chidzik, Research and Survey Manager, AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology; Jan Schafer, Director of Market Research, Gardner Business Media; Kylea Dolezal, Market Research Assistant, Gardner Business Media; Gary S. Vasilash, Transportation Editor, Gardner Business Media