Over the course of the 2-year lease, they pay $3600 for a $600 machine (according to the OP). Let's assume his math is way off. It's a $1000 machine, and it's

Over the course of the 2-year lease, they pay $3600 for a $600 machine (according to the OP). Let's assume his math is way off. It's a $1000 machine, and it's only $100/mo for 2 years. That is still $2400, 2.4 times the value of the hardware. I fail to see how the proposed solution could be any LESS cost-effective. This also is only discussing raw costs of equipment, and not employee downtime. You could likely recover an employees productivity in HOURS instead of DAYS. Seems like a great solution overall, which is most likely why it would never be implemented.