Dr_Doggy
Well-Known Member
not really electronics ... but. .. for my circuits I need custom plastic housings.
Its very hard to get an abstract quote, but from what i am getting it seems that for my hollow housing that is about 5in x 5in x 1.5in will cost me about 10-20 thousand dollars for the tool alone.. assuming the worst price if I run 100 of theses the overall price is about 250$ per unit. Which would never fly no matter how good the circuits were. Increasing the yield to 1000 brings the price down closer to 40$/unit (at 40000$ total this is my best bet so far). and at 10,000 = 20$/unit.. but brings my total costs up to 200,000$.
Some vendors have suggested that I am at a prototype stage and that I should consider 3d printing, but the last time i got a quote it was like 500$, so i expect this project to be at least 200$ per unit.
So not sure what my best move is?
Can anyone relate?
And where can/do I go from here?
Its very hard to get an abstract quote, but from what i am getting it seems that for my hollow housing that is about 5in x 5in x 1.5in will cost me about 10-20 thousand dollars for the tool alone.. assuming the worst price if I run 100 of theses the overall price is about 250$ per unit. Which would never fly no matter how good the circuits were. Increasing the yield to 1000 brings the price down closer to 40$/unit (at 40000$ total this is my best bet so far). and at 10,000 = 20$/unit.. but brings my total costs up to 200,000$.
Some vendors have suggested that I am at a prototype stage and that I should consider 3d printing, but the last time i got a quote it was like 500$, so i expect this project to be at least 200$ per unit.
So not sure what my best move is?
Can anyone relate?
And where can/do I go from here?
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