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Shop Equipment Data
Feature
SHOP EQUIPMENT PROFILE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT Aqueous cleaning
% OF SHOPS AVG. NO. AVG. WHO OWN OWNED AGE
48%
21%
10.2
% LIKELY TO PURCHASE
% PURCHASED LAST YR.
5.0%
5.0%
Ultrasonic cleaning
21%
2%
7.9
2.0%
2.0%
Solvent cleaning
81%
33%
14.5
2.0%
0.0%
Aluminum head welding
50%
10%
12.7
0.0%
0.0%
Blasting equipment
100%
26%
13.7
5.0%
0.0%
Cam grinder
2%
0%
30.0
0.0%
0.0%
CNC machining center
12%
2%
3.3
2.0%
0.0%
Crack detection
83%
48%
17.1
0.0%
0.0%
Crankshaft grinder
62%
5%
14.2
0.0%
0.0%
Crankshaft polisher
76%
2%
15.7
5.0%
0.0%
Crankshaft straightener
48%
0%
21.4
0.0%
0.0%
Crankshaft welder
21%
0%
19.4
0.0%
0.0%
Cylinder boring bar
88%
21%
18.8
2.0%
0.0%
Cylinder honing machine
90%
14%
18.2
0.0%
0.0%
Dynamometer
24%
2%
10.9
0.0%
0.0%
Electrical testers
21%
12%
13.6
0.0%
0.0%
Engine balancing
55%
0%
18.0
0.0%
0.0%
Flywheel grinder
86%
10%
17.3
0.0%
0.0%
Head/block resurfacer
93%
38%
16.1
0.0%
5.0%
Heat cleaning
48%
10%
12.3
2.0%
0.0%
Lathe
71%
19%
23.3
0.0%
0.0%
Line boring (blocks)
55%
2%
18.0
0.0%
0.0%
Line boring (OHC heads)
26%
0%
14.5
2.0%
0.0%
Micropolishing equip.
19%
2%
15.3
2.0%
0.0%
Pin-fitting & rod recon.
83%
14%
21.1
0.0%
0.0%
Pressure testing
88%
14%
14.3
0.0%
0.0%
Spray washers
81%
17%
11.6
0.0%
2.0%
Valve guide & seat machine
95%
24%
17.7
2.0%
2.0%
Valve refacer
93%
17%
17.2
2.0%
5.0%
Valve seat grinder/cutter
86%
14%
19.4
2.0%
2.0%
Wet blasting/Cleaning
10%
2%
4.0
2.0%
0%
AVERAGE AGE OF ALL EQUIPMENT IS 15.5 YEARS IN 2012
PRESENT VALUE (DEPRECIATION INCLUDED) OF YOUR MACHINE SHOP EQUIPMENT YEAR 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 48 June 2013 | EngineBuilder
AVERAGE $191,000 $248,905 $223,000 $179,066 $146,650 $158,135 MSMP Part 1
PERCENT CHANGE -30.7% 11.6% 24.6% 22% -7.3% -11.9%
the number one cylinder head rebuilt in their shop was, 59 percent named a GM product, up from 57 percent in 2011. However, other brands are making their presence felt as well. Import heads are second place with 13 percent of shops naming them as their top product. Ford and heavy-duty/commercial sit at 9 percent each. Chrysler has made a nice recovery – named number 1 by 6 percent of respondents, Mopar outshines the “other” category (3 percent). Just as with complete engines, performance cylinder head work continues to be an important component of the typical shop’s work. When we asked what percentage of total cylinder head production is performance related, in 2012, almost 97 percent of respondents said they do some amount of performance cylinder head work. “Repair before replace” is an increasingly common mantra in some segments of the cylinder head business. We found that a smaller percentage of diesel heads are being scrapped (although aluminum heads continue to be scrapped at a higher rate). When they are repaired, rebuilders continue to leave the work to the experts. Our survey results indicate that 36 percent of respondents say they do aluminum cylinder head crack repairs themselves and 35 percent do their own diesel head repair. Welding is used as a repair method nearly 75 percent of the time with aluminum cylinder heads and 36 percent of the time with diesel heads. Pinning remains the most-often used method for repairing diesel cylinder heads (done 65 percent of the time) but is used in only one-quarter of the aluminum head repairs. Equipment suppliers may be the biggest winners, according to our survey respondents. The average amount spent on shop equipment in 2012 was $19,327, the most