Know what a weld or cut costs before you quote it. Running cost per metre and per job for MMA, MIG/FCAW, TIG and SAW welding and for plasma and oxy-fuel cutting on mild steel. Every assumption is listed below the result.
Deposition rate refills from the current when you change the process or current; type your own value to override it. Gas price helper: cylinder refill price ÷ usable gas (a 47 L cylinder at 150 bar ≈ 7 m³).
Estimated welding running cost: consumables, gas or flux, electricity and welder time. Not included: base material, cutting and edge preparation, inspection, repair, machine ownership and profit.
| Per job | Quantity | ₹ |
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| Time | Per metre | Per job |
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| Arc-on time | — | — |
| Total production time | — | — |
| Weld metal | — | — |
| Welding output | — | — |
| Process | ₹ / metre | m / hour | kg / hour | Note |
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m / hour = metres of this joint finished per hour of production time (arc time plus normal stops); kg / hour = weld metal deposited per production hour. Each process uses its default current, deposition, efficiency and arc-on time with your rates; edit the Advanced section to tune the selected process.
Repeated jobs? Mechanised travel can improve consistency and reduce manual torch handling. The Automation tab shows a scenario built from editable assumptions (operating factor, setup, speed); treat it as illustrative and confirm with a trial on your own job. No saving is guaranteed and an operator is still needed.
The WhatsApp message is prefilled with this estimate. Our technical team confirms the machine and sends the quotation. GeM Registered OEM Manufacturer. Supported Worldwide.
Weld metal = cross-section area × length × 7.85 g/cm³ (mild steel). Fillet and lap area = leg²/2; square butt area = t × root gap + 1.5 × t (face and root beads); single-V butt area = (t − root face)² × tan(angle/2) + root gap × t; double-V uses half the groove depth on each side. Both are increased by the reinforcement percentage.
Arc-on time = weld metal ÷ deposition rate. Production time = arc-on time ÷ operator arc-on % + setup time per job + handling time × number of joints (both optional). Machine duty cycle is a separate rating and is not used here.
Consumable = weld metal ÷ deposition efficiency (stub ends, spatter and slag; flux-cored wire is lower than solid because part of the wire becomes slag). Gas = flow × arc-on time. SAW flux = wire × flux ratio. Electricity = V × A × arc-on time ÷ machine efficiency.
Figures are estimates for budgeting and process comparison. Confirm with a trial weld on your job.
Estimated cutting running cost: gas or plasma consumables, electricity and operator time. Not included: plate, marking and nesting, edge dressing, inspection, machine ownership and profit.
| Per job | Quantity | ₹ |
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| Time | Per metre | Per job |
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| Torch-on time | — | — |
| Total production time | — | — |
| Cutting output | — | — |
| Process | ₹ / metre | Hours / job | Note |
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Comparison uses each process’s typical speed, gas use and operating factor for this thickness with your rates.
Repeated jobs? Mechanised travel can improve consistency and reduce manual torch handling. The Automation tab shows a scenario built from editable assumptions (operating factor, setup, speed); treat it as illustrative and confirm with a trial on your own job. No saving is guaranteed and an operator is still needed.
The WhatsApp message is prefilled with this estimate. Our technical team confirms the machine and sends the quotation. GeM Registered OEM Manufacturer. Supported Worldwide.
Torch-on time = cut length ÷ cutting speed + pierces × pierce time. Production time = torch-on time ÷ operating factor + setup.
Plasma consumables = (torch-on minutes + pierces × pierce-wear allowance) ÷ set life × set price. The pierce-wear allowance (default 0.5 min per pierce) is an illustrative modelling assumption, editable under cutting rates; real wear depends on starts, piercing technique, torch and air quality. Electricity = arc V × A ÷ machine efficiency + compressor kW, × torch-on time.
Oxy-fuel gas = oxygen m³/h and fuel use × torch-on time. Typical speeds and gas use come from manufacturer cutting charts for mild steel and are refilled when you change thickness; measured values from your own torch override them.
Figures are estimates for budgeting and process comparison. Confirm with a trial cut on your plate.
Takes the job you entered on the Welding or Cutting tab and shows what changes if a Cruxweld machine does it instead of a man with a torch. Three questions are enough; the detailed figures are optional.
Typical mechanised figures are filled in. Replace them with your measured values or with the figures from a Cruxweld trial on your job.
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No defect-free, full-penetration or zero-rework claims are made here. Verified figures come from a trial on your material, joint and quantity; the WhatsApp message asks for that trial. GeM Registered OEM Manufacturer. Supported Worldwide.
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