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A $100,000 machine is probably a machine with an entire workflow and facility engineered around it. So it's $100,000 plus: * The costs to disassemble and remo
by hakfoo 5y ago
A $100,000 machine is probably a machine with an entire workflow and facility engineered around it.
So it's $100,000 plus:
* The costs to disassemble and remove the old machine
* The costs to install the new machine, which could include specialized contractors.
* The costs to realign any supporting equipment to fit the new machine (i. e. if a conveyor belt feeding parts in or out has to be moved)
* The costs to retool the rest of the manufacturing process that was dependent on quirks of the old machine. This could have a significant and expensive research phase.
* Retraining to operate the new machine
* Any parts scrapped by use in the testing or teething-trouble adjustment of the new machine
* Downtime of the actual production process, potentially extending to failure to meet contracts and associated penalties
So that "$100,000" machine could have end-to-end costs well into seven or eight figures.