Need assistance for a fabrication quote
Need assistance for a fabrication quote
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I have been challenged to produce a barge weighing 24000lbs at a cost of 13500USD.Material of construction is A36 plates.and estimated man hours is 320. The requirement is for 100 such pieces. I am a casting person but do occasionally take up such assignments to just keep me active.My question is,whether such a fabrication is possible at the costs mentioned.
My current exposure will be 13500 USD and I do not mind taking this risk to learn something different.
I keep my fingers crossed regarding tooling,fixturing and perhaps a pressure testing rig to check for leakages.
My current exposure will be 13500 USD and I do not mind taking this risk to learn something different.
I keep my fingers crossed regarding tooling,fixturing and perhaps a pressure testing rig to check for leakages.





RE: Need assistance for a fabrication quote
About 2 years ago we had a fleet of coal barges fabricated by vendor, and some of the following questions come to mind. Do you have welding equipment in your shop to handle this type of fabrication work, like FCAW or GMAW? Do you have some in-house engineering expertise to produce detailed fabrication drawings for the barges? Also, does your customer have requirements for specifying a recognized ship building code (like ABS in the US) to construct the barges?
Most of the cost in addition to material will be engineering time, plate bending and welding with some outsourcing of nondestructive testing.
RE: Need assistance for a fabrication quote
I do not mind investing in some of the welding equipments. Yes I have inhouse expertise to produce detailed fabrication drawings. I just received a communication that the buyer would send a technical person to guide us through 2-3 units .
As I have some time to spare and also that I have enough of power and open space available in my foundry I thought of venturing out.Incidentally I also supply castings to this company.
RE: Need assistance for a fabrication quote
Dik
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Is that cost for the space shuttle?
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As far as the shuttle goes... likely a fraction of the cost per pound!
Dik
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You're sitting in front of a computer!
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At US prices pushing $500/ton ( http://
That leaves you about $23/hr for labor.
Couldn't do it in the US.
RE: Need assistance for a fabrication quote
Since the order is for 1000tons fabrication over a period of 1 year,any money that I could get is pocket money. My casting business supports all the infrastructure costs.