Assuming $15M break even and 50% markup per shot:
# of Machines Shots/Day (3 mins per shot) Days Months Years #of parts/yr
1 380 2308.40 76.95 6.41 138,700.00
2 760 1154.20 38.47 3.21 277,400.00
3 1140 769.47 25.65 2.14 416,100.00
4 1520 577.10 19.24 1.60 554,800.00
5 1900 461.68 15.39 1.28 693,500.00
6 2280 384.73 12.82 1.07 832,200.00
7 2660 329.77 10.99 0.92 970,900.00
8 3040 288.55 9.62 0.80 1,109,600.00
9 3420 256.49 8.55 0.71 1,248,300.00
10 3800 230.84 7.69 0.64 1,387,000.00
11 4180 209.85 7.00 0.58 1,525,700.00
12 4560 192.37 6.41 0.53 1,664,400.00
13 4940 177.57 5.92 0.49 1,803,100.00
14 5320 164.89 5.50 0.46 1,941,800.00
15 5700 153.89 5.13 0.43 2,080,500.00
16 6080 144.28 4.81 0.40 2,219,200.00
17 6460 135.79 4.53 0.38 2,357,900.00
18 6840 128.24 4.27 0.36 2,496,600.00
19 7220 121.49 4.05 0.34 2,635,300.00
20 7600 115.42 3.85 0.32 2,774,000.00
21 7980 109.92 3.66 0.31 2,912,700.00
22 8360 104.93 3.50 0.29 3,051,400.00
23 8740 100.37 3.35 0.28 3,190,100.00
24 9120 96.18 3.21 0.27 3,328,800.00
25 9500 92.34 3.08 0.26 3,467,500.00
26 9880 88.78 2.96 0.25 3,606,200.00
27 10260 85.50 2.85 0.24 3,744,900.00
28 10640 82.44 2.75 0.23 3,883,600.00
29 11020 79.60 2.65 0.22 4,022,300.00
30 11400 76.95 2.57 0.21 4,161,000.00
31 11780 74.46 2.48 0.21 4,299,700.00
32 12160 72.14 2.40 0.20 4,438,400.00
33 12540 69.95 2.33 0.19 4,577,100.00
34 12920 67.89 2.26 0.19 4,715,800.00
35 13300 65.95 2.20 0.18 4,854,500.00
36 13680 64.12 2.14 0.18 4,993,200.00
37 14060 62.39 2.08 0.17 5,131,900.00
38 14440 60.75 2.03 0.17 5,270,600.00
39 14820 59.19 1.97 0.16 5,409,300.00
40 15200 57.71 1.92 0.16 5,548,000.00
41 15580 56.30 1.88 0.16 5,686,700.00
42 15960 54.96 1.83 0.15 5,825,400.00
43 16340 53.68 1.79 0.15 5,964,100.00
44 16720 52.46 1.75 0.15 6,102,800.00
45 17100 51.30 1.71 0.14 6,241,500.00
46 17480 50.18 1.67 0.14 6,380,200.00
47 17860 49.11 1.64 0.14 6,518,900.00
48 18240 48.09 1.60 0.13 6,657,600.00
49 18620 47.11 1.57 0.13 6,796,300.00
50 19000 46.17 1.54 0.13 6,935,000.00
RSM can fit how many machines in their current space?? 3-4? They're going to need at least 8 machines in operation to make ~1M parts/year. Unless they can cut processing down to 2.5 minutes, then they only need 6 machines.
This again, is just to break even....
