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Tray Denesters & Card Feeders — see your payback in months

Step 1 — Your current line

Operators on this line Staff manually loading trays or cards (the roles the machine replaces) Hourly labour cost Fully burdened — incl. NI, holidays, sick days, PPE, supervision (UK avg £16.50)

Weekly operational hours Shifts/day × hours/shift × days/week (e.g. 2 × 8 × 5 = 80) Line stoppages per day Stops from double feeding, human error or missing trays/cards Cost of line downtime (per minute) Lost production value per minute (UK ready meals / protein avg £50)

Average duration of a stop (mins) Time to clear a jam and reset (e.g. 3 minutes) Weekly product / material waste Damaged trays or cards plus product thrown away each week

Equipment capital cost Quoted cost of your PiP Automation machine

Step 2 — Your annual savings

Weekly labour savings£0

Annual labour savings£0

Weekly downtime savings£0

Annual downtime savings£0

Annual material waste savings£0

Gross annual savings£0

Step 3 — Tax relief & payback

Year 1 tax relief (25%)£0

Net equipment cost£0

months to pay back

Then your equipment keeps saving you £0 every month.

Indicative figures based on the numbers you enter. Partners in Packaging (Machine Systems) Ltd T/A PiP Automation · sales@pipautomation.com · Your accountant can confirm which tax relief applies to your business.

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