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Setup Amortisation Curve Calculator
Enter your own figures and see where your part sits on the cost curve. Every number below is yours: the tool divides one-time engineering cost across the release quantity and adds your repeating cost per piece. It publishes no Zhenling rate, price or lead time.
Your inputs
Programming, fixture design and build, dedicated gauges, first-article work. Your estimate or a supplier’s quoted figure.
Cutting time, material, handling and inspection labour per part. The part of the price that repeats on every piece.
Pieces per call-off. This is what setup actually amortises against, not the annual figure.
Total pieces per year across all releases.
Unit cost against quantity
| Release quantity | Setup share per piece | Unit cost |
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Send the drawing, the annual quantity and the release pattern and we will tell you which side of the amortisation point your part falls on. Request a Quote →
Arithmetic only: unit cost = repeating cost per piece + (one-time engineering cost ÷ release quantity). Real quotations also carry material form, finishing, acceptance evidence and certification scope, which is why this is a shape, not a price.
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