Calculation

Rough Cost Estimate

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Estimates a cost range from blank volume, material removal ratio, and adjustable time assumptions.

Stock volume

Density

Material price

Removal fraction

Effective material removal rate

Auxiliary and base time

Complexity factor

Tolerance and surface factor

Production rate

Setup and programming

Quantity

Assumption range

How to use the result

Enter actual operating values. The calculation considers only the entered costs and quantities.

time = (volume · removal share / Q_eff · complexity + base time) · quality factor

Sources: Volume- and time-based costing; users explicitly define every estimation parameter.