Tooling Costs
Tooling Costs
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Does anyone have a generic breakdown for tooling costs on various manufacturing processes?
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RE: Tooling Costs
RE: Tooling Costs
RE: Tooling Costs
You must define your process and then someone can help you with tooling costs.
There are no generic tooling costing programs.
RE: Tooling Costs
The intent is looking at the cost of tooling at a marco level, in other words if someone were to look at stamping a component of x by y size, tooling could run anywhere from $10-$15K, and so on.
At the micro level, we have the detail covered for processes that we normally use as standard. It's the new processes that we are getting into that everyone was hoping to find a gage.
Thanks to everyone that's responded.
RE: Tooling Costs
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RE: Tooling Costs
Problem #2 usually lies in your design department. You can design for manufacturability/cost, design a highly engineered tool, or do a combo of the two (with some give and take) to get an acceptable design which works, but may not be the best money can buy. Obviously the first option is usually the lowest cost, and the second option is the highest. If you don't have a design department which understands how the toolmaker actually makes the tools, you run the risk of developing very high priced tooling. So take that 4" bearing OD I mentioned earlier. Hold it to ±.0001" and the price will be very high. Hold it to ±.0010", and your price will be much more reasonable.
Easiest thing to do? Hire one. Or pick dedicated suppliers that you can work with to come up with a design-for-cost solution. Companies don't often like to run those sorts of partnerships as they're not the cheapest, but in the long-run they can be beneficial.