Additive Manufacturing worked example

Additive Machine Hour Rate with depreciation and lease cost of 11 $ / hr: a worked example

Suppose depreciation and lease cost falls to 11 $ / hr. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Build an AM machine hourly rate from depreciation, service, facility, material-handling, and operating cost elements.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Depreciation/lease cost: 11 $ / hr (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 22)
  • Service and maintenance: 8 $ / hr (held at the documented default)
  • Facility and utilities: 6 $ / hr (held at the documented default)
  • Operator and handling burden: 14 $ / hr (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Machine hour rate = ownership + service + facility + operating burden.
  • Machine hour rate works out to 39 $ / hr at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Depreciation/lease cost works out to 11 $ / hr at these inputs.
  • Service and maintenance works out to 8 $ / hr at these inputs.
  • Facility plus operating burden works out to 20 $ / hr at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where depreciation and lease cost sits at 22 $ / hr and the headline result is 50 $ / hr, this scenario comes in 22% below the baseline at 39 $ / hr.
  • It sums depreciation/lease, service and maintenance, facility and utilities, and operator burden into one fully loaded machine hour rate in dollars per hour. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Machine hour rate: 39 $ / hr (headline result)
  • Depreciation/lease cost: 11 $ / hr
  • Service and maintenance: 8 $ / hr
  • Facility plus operating burden: 20 $ / hr

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Additive Machine Hour Rate calculator, set depreciation and lease cost to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.