ECD Home of the M.O.L.E.®, MOLE, Thermal Profiler: Cost Savings Calculator for ECD's Temprobe

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One of our customers, who used to tape or solder two thermocouples to each board for profiling, is now using two TEMPROBEs. He calculated savings of over $6000 per year by switching from traditional thermocouple attachment to TEMPROBEs. Take a look at his calculations, then fill in your own worksheet to see what TEMPROBE can do for you (hit the TAB key after each entry for automatic calculation).

Your Calculations	Our Client
Your Calculations	Before Temprobe	After Temprobe
Average time to instrument a board with thermocouples (hours per board)	0.5	0.2
Average time to remove thermocouple and repair board (hours per board)	0.3	0.05
Average number of boards per month profiled (boards per month)	8.0	8.0
Average thermocouple install/remove time per month (hours per month)	6.4	2.0
Burdened labor rate * ($ per hour)	37.0	37.0
Average monthly cost to install and remove thermocouples ($ per hour)	237.0	74.0
Average number of boards scrapped from profiling per month	2.0	0.0
Average value of scrapped profiling boards ($ per month)	175.0	0.0
Average Monthly cost of scrapped profiling boards	350.0	0.0
Other direct costs associated with profiling ($ per month)	88.0	0.0
Total estimated monthly direct cost of thermal profiling	$593	$76.00
Estimated monthly savings with Temprobe:		$517.00
Total Annual Savings with Temprobe:		$6204.00