Operating cost is equivalent or lower for Evolution systems compared to alternate technology products.
Where
- TECHNOLOGY refers to the technology examined for our comparison.
- INITIAL COST refers to the original cost of the equipment and related start-up costs
- SUPPLIES refers to the size and cost of any standard put-up of ink
- YIELD refers to the effective number messages that are printable
- HAZ refers to the charges associated with both inbound and waste management
- MAINT refers to the average yearly cost of maintenance
- INK CHANGE refers to the ink change intervention time in days
- TCO refers to the total cost of ownership per print
Assume the following
- There is a 10 character message length and 30 products per minute with 1 shift per day.
- These calculations do not account for production line downtime caused by equipment failure.
Scenario 1
Large character requirements – Evolution vs. Roller coders, Valve jet and other hi-resolution systems
Porous/semi-porous applications
| TECHNOLOGY | INITIAL COST | SUPPLIES | YIELD | HAZ | MAINT | INK CHANGE | TCO |
| EVOLUTION | $795 | $66 42ml | 44,978 | 0 | $100 | 3.84 | .001885 |
| VALVE JET | $1,800 | $10 8oz | 121,324 | 0 | $800 | 10.37 | .001106 |
| HIRES DOD | $6,500 | $185 350ml | 43,103 | 0 | $1,200 | 3.68 | .00666 |
| ROLLER CODER | $595 | $34 1,000ml | 24,691 | 0 | $475 | 2.11 | .00203 |
Scenario 2
Small Character requirements – Evolution vs. CIJ
Porous/semi-porous applications
| TECHNOLOGY | INITIAL COST | SUPPLIES | YIELD | HAZ | MAINT | INK CHANGE | TCO |
| EVOLUTION | $795 | $66 42ml | 555,042 | 0 | $100 | 47,44 | .000536 |
| CIJ | $8,675 | $74 1,000ml | 16,025,641 | $275 | $2,000 | 1,369 | .004099 |