Industrial Valves, Actuators & Flow Control calculator
Configured Valve Quote Time Calculator
Estimate the engineering time to quote configured valve line items, including the Cv sizing check each line carries. Compare the total with the quote hours your team has.
What this calculator does
- Configured valve quote hours from line items, engineering hours per line and a review overhead, against available hours.
Formula used
- Base quoting hours = line items × engineering hours per line item
- Total quote time = base quoting hours × (1 + review and approval overhead ÷ 100)
- Review and approval hours = total quote time − base quoting hours
- Available hours margin = available quote hours − total quote time
Inputs explained
- Configured Valve Line Items: Quote lines for configured or made-to-order valves.
- Engineering Hours per Line Item: Average technical hours to size and price one line.
- Review and Approval Overhead: Share added for review, approval and clarifications.
- Available Quote Hours: Quote hours the team can give this request.
How to use the result
- Best suited to planning applications engineering hours, sizing a quote turnaround window, deciding when to add quoting help.
- A severe-service or custom-trim line can take far longer than the average. Pricing, approvals and vendor lead times sit outside this time model.
Current U.S. benchmarks
- The U.S. has 21,668 machinery manufacturing establishments employing about 1,086,146 workers (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
Common questions
- What is a configured valve quote? A quote for a made-to-order valve assembly with selected trim, materials, actuator and accessories. Each line needs individual sizing and pricing, so the engineering hours per line are higher than for a catalog item.
- Why does each line need a Cv check? The flow coefficient ties the pressure drop to the flow the valve must pass, so every line starts from a sizing check against the process conditions. A line quoted without it can ship with the wrong passage size.
- What does the review overhead cover? Technical review, internal approval and the clarifications that follow a configured quote. It is a share of the base technical hours, so it rises as the quote grows.
- How do I set available quote hours? Use the hours the applications engineers can give this request before the customer's deadline, after their other work. If the total exceeds that figure, the margin row shows the gap to plan around.
Last reviewed 2026-10-01.