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Gates Quick-Lok™ threadless couplings eliminate leaks and increase efficiency. See how much you can save when you replace your threaded wire-braid connectors.
COSTS
Number of replaceable threaded wire-braid couplings:
*Quick-Lok™ can replace approximately 75% of wire-braid threaded connections.
Total units produced per year:
*Provide the total number of units produced by all shifts.
Man-hours required to produce one unit:
*Decimals accepted.
Total spend on hydraulic components
per unit
:
*Dollars spent on hydraulic hose and adaptor components annually.
Average hourly labor cost:
*Including overhead & benefits.
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50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
SAVINGS
Per Platform Unit
Total
Production Line Time Savings (hrs.)
*Quick-Lok™ couplings don’t require torqueing, saving about 50 seconds for every connection.
Production Line Cost Savings
*Labor rate includes overhead and benefits.
$
$
Re-work Labor Cost Savings
*On average 10% of products require re-work due to threaded connection leaks. Additional labor time is required to fix these products. With Quick-Lok™ couplings, these re-work costs are eliminated.
$
Warranty Cost Savings
*Percentage of warranty costs attributed to leaks = 4.5% of hydraulic components spend. Quick-Lok’s™ patented leak-free design dramatically reduces warranty costs. and eliminates costly hydraulic oil leak cleanups.
$
Total Cost Savings Potential
$
SUMMARY
Switching to Quick-Lok™ couplings could save you
$
per year. And because the couplings eliminate leaks, you’ll have a safer work place with a lower risk of costly environmental issues.
Quick-Lok™ enables greater productivity on the production line. Switching to the efficient threadless connectors means you could potentially produce an additional
units
per year.
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