That's a good question. I would say that technically laser cutting, water jetting, etc. machines still need to be set up, so the cost is incurred.Originally posted by Andreas R:
another question about the cost report:
in the FSAE Rules it says that all machined parts need a "Machining Setup, Install & Remove" operation. Does this only concern the Process "Machining" or also other processes where machines are used? For example Laser cutting
But the cost report is supposed to represent what it would cost to make a bunch of these things, and processes like the ones listed above only need to be set up once to bang out a ton of parts. I think you could argue that one down, but with all the stuff that goes on at the cost event the judges would probably just call it an error and move on.