Return on investment calculator - Egg Case Packing Automation

Calculate your return on investment

Use this calculator to calculate how quickly automating the case packing step of your egg grading and packing line can pay for itself. The calculator is specifically designed for egg packing and grading operations. In case you are in another industry, get in touch to get a tailored calculation.

The terminology used by the calculator:‍

Single lane: A single output lane conveyor coming out of your egg grader.

Double lane: On most graders in use today, output lanes come in pairs. Double lane refers to this pair of conveyor lanes.

Production Parameters

Maximum eggs per hour per lane

Eggs packed by a single worker per hour

Eggs packed by a single case packer per hour

Labour & Cost

Currency

Labour cost per hour

EUR

Employment overhead

Equipment & Operations

Number of case packers

Cost per case packer

EUR.

Days operated per week

Operational hours per day

hrs

Payback Period

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Time to recover your investment

Annual Savings

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Labour costs saved per year

Capacity Change

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Throughput difference per double lane

Automation Investment

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Total equipment cost

Breakdown

Double lanes automated —

FTE workers freed up —

Fully-loaded hourly cost —

Annual operating hours —

Annual labour cost saved —

Worker throughput —

Case packer throughput —

Labour cost per 1,000 eggs —

FTE equivalent per packer —

5-year net savings —

Get in touch

This calculator can only give you a rough estimate. Some things, such as the packing throughput will depend on the types of cases you use and the packing pattern. Talk to us to get a more accurate estimate on the exact packing performance on your packing configurations.

We are also happy to advise you on other areas of automation. We look forward to hearing from you.

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