Costing & print economics

When you need this

• You sell prints but aren't sure you profit
• You don't know how to cost a part
• You want to assess if a machine pays back

What you get

• Real cost per print hour and per part
• A pricing model you use yourself
• A payback estimate

How it works

1. What you print, on which machines
2. Analysis: cost breakdown
3. Model: your formula for price and ROI

Typical cases

• Selling at a price that doesn't cover electricity: A printer owner only counted material and was quietly losing money to energy and depreciation. The real math showed where the cash was leaking.
• A machine bought with no payback plan: A new printer looked like a good idea, but nobody had calculated how many print hours it takes to pay for itself. Now the decision runs on numbers, not gut feel.
• A quote lost over the wrong price: A client walked away from a quote that was either too high or too low to be sustainable. An accurate costing model restored confidence in the negotiation.

The rules that solve most of the problems

• A print hour has a real cost: Material, energy, depreciation and labor all belong in the math, or you profit on paper and lose in practice.
• A price without a model is a guess: A formula you keep and reuse is worth more than a one-off number.
• Depreciation isn't abstract: The machine wears out whether you account for it or not: ignoring it makes every future investment blind.
• ROI gets calculated before the purchase, not after: You assess a machine's payback before you hit buy, not once it's too late.

Who it's for

Anyone making (or wanting) money from 3D printing.

Request a consultation

Describe your case and I'll send you a quote. Price: on request.