TechValidate Research on Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence

Introduction

This case study of The Boeing Company is based on a November 2017 survey of Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence:

• Faced the following challenges in their inspection process before partnering with Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence:
  • Ensuring that dimensional stability requirements and quality specifications were met
• Evaluated the following vendor before choosing the Leica Tracker:
  • FARO

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence that the surveyed company uses:

• Agrees that the Leica Absolute Tracker was their first choice when choosing a portable laser tracker solution.

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence:

• Chose a Leica Absolute Tracker for the following reasons:
  • Ease of use
  • Great value
• Agrees that it was very easy to learn how to use the Leica Tracker as compared to similar products.
• Leica Tracker features that enabled a reduction in the amount of time dedicated to inspection tasks:
  • Flexible (Reflector, Probe, Scanner) solution that can be used in a wide variety of inspection applications
• Increased productivity at their facility by 10-19% after using their Leica Tracker.
• Saw a return on their investment in 4-6 months after using their Leica Tracker.

Introduction

This case study of Tenneco is based on a September 2017 survey of Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

The business challenges that led Tenneco to evaluate and ultimately select Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence included:

• Faced the following challenge before partnering with Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence:
  • A lack of certainty that dimensional stability and quality specifications were met

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence that Tenneco uses:

• Chose the ROMER Absolute Arm for the following reason:
  • Has the highest level of accuracy in its class
• Chose the ROMER Arm over the following:
  • FARO

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence:

• The first choice for a portable metrology solution was the ROMER Arm.
• Found the ROMER Arm to be very easy to learn when compared to the competition.
• Reduced the amount of time dedicated to inspection tasks with the following:
  • Expert support services
• Increased productivity at their facility by 30% using the ROMER Arm.
• The estimated payback for using their ROMER Arm is 6 months – 1 year.