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Machine-hour rate calculator
What one productive hour of a machine costs you, from what you paid for it, how much it really runs, and what it takes to keep it running. Change any number and the rate updates.
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About this calculator.
Why divide by productive hours rather than available hours?
Because the machine costs the same whether it runs or not. If it makes sellable parts for 60 % of the hours it could run, the other 40 % still have to be paid for by the hours that do, so the rate per productive hour is what a price must recover.
Should labour be in the machine-hour rate?
Usually not. Labour is better priced per activity (set-up, removal, finishing) because it does not scale with machine time. Shops that run several machines per operator would otherwise charge the operator several times over.
Does this include profit?
No. It is a cost rate. Overhead you do not attribute to a machine and your margin are added on top when you price a job.
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