Justification tool

Budgetary Estimator

A number you can put in a capital request before anyone has quoted anything. It produces a range, not a price, because at this stage a single figure is a false precision that comes back to bite you. Estimates weight and freight too — the line most people forget until the invoice arrives.

This is not a quotation and cannot become one. It uses generic rates that do not know your profile series, your finish, your panel spec, your quantity breaks or your freight lane. Treat the output as a planning band for a budget request — expect a real quote to land somewhere inside it, and occasionally outside it.
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Budgetary Estimate

1. What are you building?

If you don't know, the application preset above sets a typical figure.

2. Specification level

Interlock hardware and wiring is a significant line.
Not sure? The build vs. buy tool works this out.

3. Rates

Replace with your own

These are generic mid-range North American planning rates. Anyone publishing this tool should replace them with their own pricing before launch.

Edit the underlying rates
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Wider is more honest early on. Narrow it as the specification firms up.
Budgetary range
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Point estimate

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Per unit
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Shipping

Weight
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Freight
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Where the money goes

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Not included

  • Engineering and design time beyond what is bundled in the scope you selected
  • Risk assessment, safety circuit design, and integration into the machine control system
  • Site electrical work, compressed air, and anything requiring a contractor licence
  • Permits, taxes, duties, and rigging or crane hire
  • Removal and disposal of existing guarding
  • Production downtime during installation — the downtime calculator covers that

Order-of-magnitude planning estimate generated from generic rates. Not a quotation, not an offer, and not a basis for a purchase decision. Actual pricing depends on profile series, panel specification, quantity, finish, freight lane and current material markets.