Machine rates

Step 1 · Machine

Machine & Shop Rate Settings for Fiber Laser Quotes

Set hourly cutting rate, shop overhead, pierce time, and laser markup on step 1 — with 13 laser machine presets from 500 W to 20 kW and saved profiles per account.

Choose a laser machine preset or enter custom rates, pick quote currency from 23 ISO codes, and save named machine profiles. Assist gas cost is configured on the Material step; markup applies to the laser subtotal only.

What you configure on the Machine step

Fiber laser quoting starts here. Pick a laser machine preset or tune rates manually, then save the profile to your account.

Hourly cutting rate

Machine time billed at your shop’s laser cutting hourly rate.

Shop overhead / hour

Applied across production minutes alongside cutting and gas.

Pierce time (seconds)

Per-pierce dwell time; laser machine presets fill this from laser power.

Markup %

Profit margin on the laser subtotal only — not on sheet material.

Quote currency

23 ISO currencies; presets convert from USD when you switch.

Saved machine profiles

Name and reuse setups so every estimator starts from the same numbers.

Laser machine presets (500 W – 20 kW)

500W Fiber Laser1000W Fiber Laser1500W Fiber Laser2000W Fiber Laser3000W Fiber Laser3300W Fiber Laser4000W Fiber Laser6000W Fiber Laser8000W Fiber Laser10000W Fiber Laser12000W Fiber Laser15000W Fiber Laser20000W Fiber Laser

Selecting a preset sets laser power and default pierce seconds. You still control hourly cutting rate, overhead, gas (on the Material step), and markup.

Typical shop workflows

  1. 1Create one profile per laser on the floor (e.g. 6 kW day shift vs 12 kW rush lane).
  2. 2Align currency with how you invoice overseas customers.
  3. 3Bump markup on rush jobs without touching material $/kg on the next step.

More Calculator features

Material pricing

Six common alloys, metric thickness presets, price per kilogram, scrap allowance, and assist gas — material cost from each part’s bounding box mass.

DXF for quotes

Step 3 of the five-step wizard: upload DXF, review cut length and pierce counts per part, then set quantities before results.

Cutting speeds

Chart speeds by fiber power, material, and thickness — interpolated between rows, then scaled to 90% for realistic shop feed rates.

Quote breakdown

Results step shows laser cutting (cutting, overhead, gas, markup on laser), sheet material by type and thickness, and aligned part and job totals.

Try it in the calculator

Walk through machine → material → upload → quantities → results with your next DXF job.

Calculate cutting cost

Feature: Machine rates