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    Hello,

    I am technically new here but I have been here many times as a source of good knowledge.

    I have a customer who wants us to press 12 inserts into a 5051 aluminum plate that is .125" thick. about 100 plates per order. (PEM #'s FHS-0420-20 and FHS-032-10)

    My question is what do people charge to do these operations?

    I have an iron worker and a arbor press. Just looking at taking this part of the quote on and keeping this process
    in house.

    Any information on how to bid/charge this would be so helpful.


    Thank you for reading

    Jeremy

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    Once you're set up it should only take a few seconds to install each stud. You might try it and see how long it takes. You will need some kind of a simple fixture to hold things in alignment when pressing, but that should be easy to build. If you are going to punch the holes, the spec for the FHS-0420-20 calls for 0.249 +0.003 /- 0.000 so a pretty accurate hole is required. Drilling the holes is easy to control the size.

    I would charge a 1 time setup charge ($200 maybe?), then figure the price on the plates per each. Maybe $1.50 or so per plate, depending on your shop rate and time required.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Dawson View Post
    Once you're set up it should only take a few seconds to install each stud. You might try it and see how long it takes. You will need some kind of a simple fixture to hold things in alignment when pressing, but that should be easy to build. If you are going to punch the holes, the spec for the FHS-0420-20 calls for 0.249 +0.003 /- 0.000 so a pretty accurate hole is required. Drilling the holes is easy to control the size.

    I would charge a 1 time setup charge ($200 maybe?), then figure the price on the plates per each. Maybe $1.50 or so per plate, depending on your shop rate and time required.
    That's about what I came up with. I just doubled the cost of parts and came up with $1.64. Do you think the iron worker would be the way to go or is a 1ton arbor press enough?

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    I think the iron worker would be way overkill and the cycle time would be longer. A one ton arbor press might be heavy enough, not sure. I would set it up with a foot peddle and a spring return. That way you have both hands free to handle the plates.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Dawson View Post
    I think the iron worker would be way overkill and the cycle time would be longer. A one ton arbor press might be heavy enough, not sure. I would set it up with a foot peddle and a spring return. That way you have both hands free to handle the plates.
    Thanks for all your input. I've been looking to purchase a larger arbor press.

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