Cost savings calculator

The GapGun can dramatically cut manufacturing costs and inspection times on the shop floor whilst at the same time controlling product quality, cutting damage, and reducing customer complaints. Although it can take considerable effort and careful research to put a hard figure against several of these benefits, it is fortunately very easy to calculate the benefit of time savings.

The cost savings calculator allows you to put a figure against time savings by filling in a few fields: Enter the labour rate and timing info and it will generate a report (also available as a PDF) for use in an internal business case.

Although we recommend contacting us with details of your application in order to get the most meaningful calculation, the following pre-calculated cases have been created as a starting point: The key to an accurate calculation is to have the correct figures for both GapGun and existing inspection techniques.

• Measurement of car in audit station (GapGun vs. callipers/excel, interior + exterior).
  Saves $400,000 per year: calculation
• Measurement of car inline. Selected points only (GapGun vs. callipers with data collector). Saves $384,000 per year: calculation
• Measuring chamfers/radii on turbine blade components (GapGun vs. mixture of radius gauge, contracer, impression putty + shadowgraph).
  Saves $640,000 per year: calculation, More info
• Robot mounted GapGun measuring on ring gauge, vs. manual measurements.
  Saves $477,000 per year: calculation, Video

Description	Value
Select your currency	Pounds Sterling Dollars Yen Won Euros Other Enter other currency. eg. USD
Labour rate (per hour)	*
Number of working days per year	*
Shift pattern (shifts per day)	* 1 shift 7 hours 1 shift 8 hours 1 shift 9 hours 1 shift 10 hours 1 shift 11 hours 1 shift 12 hours 2 shifts 7 hours 2 shifts 8 hours 2 shifts 9 hours 2 shifts 10 hours 2 shifts 11 hours 2 shifts 12 hours 3 shifts 7 hours 3 shifts 8 hours
Time currently required to measure the part (hh:mm:ss)	*
Description of the current process (eg. vernier caliper, digimatic caliper, cmm, etc...)
Time required to measure the part by gapgun (hh:mm:ss) (If this is left blank, this time will be estimated based on the manual time above)
Description of the GapGun process (eg. handheld, robot mounted, etc...)
	Cost
Typical number of units currently measured per hour	30.0
Typical number of units measured per hour by GapGun	120.0
Units per shift currently	240
Units per shift with GapGun	960
Current labour cost per measured unit	$3
Labour cost per measured unit with GapGun	$0.83
Current labour cost per shift	$800
GapGun labour cost per shift	$200
Current labour cost per year	$512,000
GapGun labour cost per year	$128,000
Time savings over current methods using GapGun (hours per year)	3,840.0
GapGun labour savings per shift	$600
GapGun labour savings per day	$1,200
GapGun labour savings per month	$32,000
GapGun labour savings per year	$384,000

 

For more information on the cost saving benefits of the GapGun, please feel free to contact us.

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