What to Charge for Plasma Cutting Services
I recently added a cnc plasma system to my shop and wanted to see how others priced the services or how other people come up with a price for a particular job.
Is there a formula people are using or is there a specific industry standard rate?
Would love to hear what other are doing.
Re: What to Charge for Plasma Cutting Services
Hi, C. Pierce. I just about a table and the pricing is what I'm having trouble on. Is there anyway I could get you to email me that excel spreadsheet you made? After hours of searching the web and talking to people it seems like you have it figured out the best.
Re: What to Charge for Plasma Cutting Services
would it be possible to get a copy of this ?
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Originally Posted by
CPierce18
I have a very in depth and very user friendly excel spreadsheet I made up to calculate pricing.
One sheet has all my tooling info on it. Feed rates and amps for different types & materials cut, duty cycle at the given amps etc… also used as a backup for if SheetCam ever goes down.
The next sheet has all my pricing info on it.
-Nozzle Cost & cut inches it will last
-Electrode cost & cut inches it will last
-Swirl Ring cost & cut inches it will last
-General Labor $/hour
-CNC operator $/hour
-Table usage $/hour
-Drafting $/hour
The next sheet is where you enter all your part information. (can enter up to 25 unique parts)
-Material
-Quantity to be cut
-Thickness
-Part Area
-Cut inches
The information it calculates for you is-
-Part Weight
-Sheet to nest the part on
-Cut time for the part
-Possibility to overheat at the given amps to cut that thickness
On that same sheet below the part information is where you enter your material information. (There are 5 different plates you can enter)
-Material type (Carbon, Stainless, Aluminum, Diamond plate)
-Material Thickness
-Size (in inches)
-Cost per plate
-Quantity of each plate
The information this calculates for you (for each plate used) is-
-Material Price/Lb
-Optimization of the plate (% of the plate used)
-Scrap Percentage of the plate
-Cost lost from scrap
-Feedrate for the plate
-Amps for the plate
Under all that is where you enter your time-
-Drafting/programming
-Deslag/Blasting
-Painting
-Packaging
And some misc. things you enter is-
-Material Markup
-Misc. Material cost (paint, etc…)
-Shipping Cost
-Job Markup
-% Discount (if any)
-% Commission (if any)
This will calculate a price for the WHOLE job and give you the estimate of hours.
I know this seams like a ton of information you need to complete an estimate on a couple burnouts, but once you have all your tool info, it can be done in a couple minutes.
But keep in mind, I’m just a small 1 man shop that doesn’t have to pay for other employee labor so I have a lot of freedom to modify the numbers ($) as I see fit to please the customer with a decent price while still paying for equipment, my labor, & putting some in the bank. I just make sure I have enough money in there to cover my expenses + extra to bank.
Re: What to Charge for Plasma Cutting Services
i would like a copy of that spreadsheet too if i can
Re: What to Charge for Plasma Cutting Services
May i have a copy of this spreadsheet I am trying to just start out and need some direction.
Re: What to Charge for Plasma Cutting Services
Hi
Would you be willing to share this spreadsheet?
Thanks
Peter
Quote:
Originally Posted by
CPierce18
I have a very in depth and very user friendly excel spreadsheet I made up to calculate pricing.
One sheet has all my tooling info on it. Feed rates and amps for different types & materials cut, duty cycle at the given amps etc… also used as a backup for if SheetCam ever goes down.
The next sheet has all my pricing info on it.
-Nozzle Cost & cut inches it will last
-Electrode cost & cut inches it will last
-Swirl Ring cost & cut inches it will last
-General Labor $/hour
-CNC operator $/hour
-Table usage $/hour
-Drafting $/hour
The next sheet is where you enter all your part information. (can enter up to 25 unique parts)
-Material
-Quantity to be cut
-Thickness
-Part Area
-Cut inches
The information it calculates for you is-
-Part Weight
-Sheet to nest the part on
-Cut time for the part
-Possibility to overheat at the given amps to cut that thickness
On that same sheet below the part information is where you enter your material information. (There are 5 different plates you can enter)
-Material type (Carbon, Stainless, Aluminum, Diamond plate)
-Material Thickness
-Size (in inches)
-Cost per plate
-Quantity of each plate
The information this calculates for you (for each plate used) is-
-Material Price/Lb
-Optimization of the plate (% of the plate used)
-Scrap Percentage of the plate
-Cost lost from scrap
-Feedrate for the plate
-Amps for the plate
Under all that is where you enter your time-
-Drafting/programming
-Deslag/Blasting
-Painting
-Packaging
And some misc. things you enter is-
-Material Markup
-Misc. Material cost (paint, etc…)
-Shipping Cost
-Job Markup
-% Discount (if any)
-% Commission (if any)
This will calculate a price for the WHOLE job and give you the estimate of hours.
I know this seams like a ton of information you need to complete an estimate on a couple burnouts, but once you have all your tool info, it can be done in a couple minutes.
But keep in mind, I’m just a small 1 man shop that doesn’t have to pay for other employee labor so I have a lot of freedom to modify the numbers ($) as I see fit to please the customer with a decent price while still paying for equipment, my labor, & putting some in the bank. I just make sure I have enough money in there to cover my expenses + extra to bank.
Re: What to Charge for Plasma Cutting Services
any metal used for for cutting whether ferrous or non-ferrous, is usually sold per its thickness. majority of the time it's just the weight.
what i do is i figure the weight of the metal per sqft. or per sqin. most suppliers usually have a handbook of some sort to tell you weight per its size dimension.
once i know the weight, i use the price payed for the full sheet,and divide it up. i will end with with the cost per pound per square foot or per square inch. once i have cut the item out, i will then weigh it again this will give me my production weight. this seems to be accurate for me to use. especially with price per item and shipping.
Re: What to Charge for Plasma Cutting Services
Quote:
Originally Posted by
CPierce18
I have a very in depth and very user friendly excel spreadsheet I made up to calculate pricing.
One sheet has all my tooling info on it. Feed rates and amps for different types & materials cut, duty cycle at the given amps etc… also used as a backup for if SheetCam ever goes down.
The next sheet has all my pricing info on it.
-Nozzle Cost & cut inches it will last
-Electrode cost & cut inches it will last
-Swirl Ring cost & cut inches it will last
-General Labor $/hour
-CNC operator $/hour
-Table usage $/hour
-Drafting $/hour
The next sheet is where you enter all your part information. (can enter up to 25 unique parts)
-Material
-Quantity to be cut
-Thickness
-Part Area
-Cut inches
The information it calculates for you is-
-Part Weight
-Sheet to nest the part on
-Cut time for the part
-Possibility to overheat at the given amps to cut that thickness
On that same sheet below the part information is where you enter your material information. (There are 5 different plates you can enter)
-Material type (Carbon, Stainless, Aluminum, Diamond plate)
-Material Thickness
-Size (in inches)
-Cost per plate
-Quantity of each plate
The information this calculates for you (for each plate used) is-
-Material Price/Lb
-Optimization of the plate (% of the plate used)
-Scrap Percentage of the plate
-Cost lost from scrap
-Feedrate for the plate
-Amps for the plate
Under all that is where you enter your time-
-Drafting/programming
-Deslag/Blasting
-Painting
-Packaging
And some misc. things you enter is-
-Material Markup
-Misc. Material cost (paint, etc…)
-Shipping Cost
-Job Markup
-% Discount (if any)
-% Commission (if any)
This will calculate a price for the WHOLE job and give you the estimate of hours.
I know this seams like a ton of information you need to complete an estimate on a couple burnouts, but once you have all your tool info, it can be done in a couple minutes.
But keep in mind, I’m just a small 1 man shop that doesn’t have to pay for other employee labor so I have a lot of freedom to modify the numbers ($) as I see fit to please the customer with a decent price while still paying for equipment, my labor, & putting some in the bank. I just make sure I have enough money in there to cover my expenses + extra to bank.
Wow , seems well detailed... would you happen to be willing to share this spreadsheet? - Thanks in advance !!!!