Fixture, Gauge & Workholding Management worked example
Fixture Maintenance Cost at 72% maintenance scope captured: a worked example
This worked example runs the fixture maintenance cost numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 72% maintenance scope captured instead of the typical 100%. Estimate maintenance cost for production fixtures, clamps, bushings, locators, nests, pallets, and checking fixtures.
The inputs for this scenario
- Fixture maintenance events: 95 events (held at the documented default)
- Cost per maintenance event: 140 $ / event (held at the documented default)
- Maintenance scope captured: 72 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 100)
- Fixed spare parts, toolroom, or recertification cost: 1,800 $ (held at the documented default)
Working through the calculation
- The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Variable fixture maintenance cost = fixture maintenance events × cost per maintenance event × maintenance scope captured.
- Total fixture maintenance cost works out to 11,376 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
- Average maintenance cost per event works out to 120 $ / piece at these inputs.
- Variable fixture maintenance cost works out to 9,576 $ at these inputs.
- Fixed spare parts, toolroom, or recertification cost works out to 1,800 $ at these inputs.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where maintenance scope captured sits at 100% and the headline result is 15,100 $, this scenario comes in 24.66% below the baseline at 11,376 $.
- Use it at budget time, before a refurbish-versus-replace decision, or when building a per-fixture chargeback rate for a program. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.
Results at a glance
- Total fixture maintenance cost: 11,376 $ (headline result)
- Average maintenance cost per event: 120 $ / piece
- Variable fixture maintenance cost: 9,576 $
- Fixed spare parts, toolroom, or recertification cost: 1,800 $
Run it with your numbers
- To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Fixture Maintenance Cost calculator, set maintenance scope captured to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.