How detailed should we get?

Start with a fast financial estimate, or build a complete production and application brief.

Build a quick business case.

Use reasonable estimates. You can refine the assumptions with a HEAVY specialist later.

Parts produced per year today

Expected production increase

%

Additional capacity you expect to use or sell

%

Profit contribution per additional part

$

Selling price minus material and other costs that rise with each part.

Total project investment

$

Machine, tooling, workholding, automation, freight, install and training.

Verified annual cash savings

$

Outsourcing, overtime or other expenses that truly go away.

Additional annual operating cost

$

How this estimate works: additional parts × expected sell-through × contribution per part, plus verified savings, minus added annual operating cost. It is an undiscounted, pre-tax planning estimate.

What are you trying to improve?

Tell us how the current process runs today.

What are you making?

Add the part and process requirements that drive machine selection.

Primary part form

Typical raw stock

Primary material

Tightest routine tolerance

Maximum workpiece envelope

Use the largest representative part you expect this machine to handle. Leave a dimension at 0 if it does not apply.

Length

in

Width

in

Height

in

Diameter, if applicable

in

Maximum part / fixture weight

lb

Surface finish requirement

Dominant cutting profile

Approximate tools needed for the part family Useful for sizing tool-magazine capacity and reducing manual tool changes between jobs.

Machining complexity + automation

Capture what the process needs to accomplish, even if you do not know the exact machine configuration.

Required machining complexity

Desired automation level

Desired unattended hours per day

hrs

Operators currently required for this process

Important machine / process constraints

Limited floor space

Power / facility limitations

Large tool capacity required

In-process probing / inspection

High-pressure coolant / chip control

Quick-change / flexible workholding

Operator / programming skill limitations

Tight process control / metrology

Anything unusual about the part, tooling, fixturing or process?

What would a better process be worth?

Use a quote or budget and the improvement you want to validate.

Investment strategy

Proposed new machines

Budget per new machine

$

Use an actual quote when available. Otherwise use the amount you are willing to evaluate.

One-time project extras

$

Tooling, workholding, automation, install, freight, training, etc.

Trade-in / disposal proceeds

$

Expected production improvement

If you do not know yet, compare conservative, target and stretch scenarios.

How should we model the new cycle time?

Proposed productive utilization

%

Proposed good-part yield

%

Expected setup-time reduction

%

Reported as productive hours recovered. It is not automatically treated as cash savings.

Financial assumptions

Keep new-sales contribution separate from verified cash savings.

Contribution per additional good part

$

Selling price minus incremental material, consumables, variable labor, energy and expected scrap.

Share of additional capacity you expect to sell

%

Verified annual cash savings

$

Examples: avoidable outsourcing, eliminated overtime or other expenses that truly leave the P&L.

Additional annual fixed operating cost

$

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Full name

Email

Phone

Company

I understand the machine guidance and ROI are planning estimates based on my inputs, not a machine recommendation, quote, capacity guarantee or engineering approval.

Will your next CNC machine pay for itself?

How detailed should we get?

Build a quick business case.

What are you trying to improve?

Current production baseline

What are you making?

Maximum workpiece envelope

Machining complexity + automation

What would a better process be worth?

Expected production improvement

Financial assumptions

See the business case.

What the next machine needs to solve.

Technical application brief

Machine characteristics to evaluate

Production impact

Sales conversation

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