Additive Manufacturing Service Bureau Quoting worked example

Machine Hour Rate Recovery at 138% target rate recovery: a worked example

Push target rate recovery up to 138% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. an owner or estimator needs to verify that a printer's quoted hourly rate covers its cost basis

The inputs for this scenario

  • Quoted machine hourly rate: 85 $ / hr (unchanged)
  • Fully burdened hourly cost: 62 $ / hr (unchanged)
  • Target rate recovery: 138 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 120)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Rate recovery = quoted machine hourly rate รท fully burdened hourly cost) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 137 % for machine rate recovery, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0.9 points for recovery gap to target.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 85 $ / hr for quoted machine hourly rate.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 62 $ / hr for fully burdened hourly cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where target rate recovery sits at 120% and the headline result is 137 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 137 %.
  • Computes the ratio of your quoted machine hourly rate to your fully burdened hourly cost as a recovery percentage, plus the point gap to your target recovery. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Machine rate recovery: 137 % (headline result)
  • Recovery gap to target: 0.9 points
  • Quoted machine hourly rate: 85 $ / hr
  • Fully burdened hourly cost: 62 $ / hr

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Machine Hour Rate Recovery calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.