Robotic End-of-Arm Tooling worked example

EOAT Assembly Labor at 12% setup, handling, and delay allowance: a worked example

Push setup, handling, and delay allowance up to 12% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when eoat assembly labor in robotic end-of-arm tooling needs a defensible run time before a quote goes out.

The inputs for this scenario

  • EOAT units to build: 120 units (unchanged)
  • Assembly build rate: 12 units / min (unchanged)
  • Setup, handling, and delay allowance: 12 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 10)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base eoat assembly labor time = eoat assembly labor workload รท eoat assembly labor completion rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 11.2 hr for required eoat assembly labor time, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 10 hr for base eoat assembly labor time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 % for eoat assembly labor allowance applied.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 pieces / min for eoat assembly labor completion rate.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where setup, handling, and delay allowance sits at 10% and the headline result is 11 hr, this scenario comes in 1.82% above the baseline at 11.2 hr.
  • It divides the number of EOAT units to build by the build rate to get base hours, then inflates that by the setup, handling, and delay allowance to get required labor hours. 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

  • Required eoat assembly labor time: 11.2 hr (headline result)
  • Base eoat assembly labor time: 10 hr
  • Eoat assembly labor allowance applied: 12 %
  • Eoat assembly labor completion rate: 12 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live EOAT Assembly Labor calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.