Additive Manufacturing Service Bureau Quoting worked example

Machine Hour Rate Recovery at 86% target rate recovery: a worked example

Suppose target rate recovery falls to 86%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Check whether the quoted AM machine hourly rate recovers the fully burdened printer hourly cost.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Quoted machine hourly rate: 85 $ / hr (held at the documented default)
  • Fully burdened hourly cost: 62 $ / hr (held at the documented default)
  • Target rate recovery: 86 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 120)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Rate recovery = quoted machine hourly rate รท fully burdened hourly cost.
  • Machine rate recovery works out to 137 % at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Recovery gap to target works out to -51.1 points at these inputs.
  • Quoted machine hourly rate works out to 85 $ / hr at these inputs.
  • Fully burdened hourly cost works out to 62 $ / hr at these inputs.

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. 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 rate recovery: 137 % (headline result)
  • Recovery gap to target: -51.1 points
  • Quoted machine hourly rate: 85 $ / hr
  • Fully burdened hourly cost: 62 $ / hr

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Machine Hour Rate Recovery calculator, set target rate recovery to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.