[labnetwork] Consumable Cost Data and Estimation

[Fouad Karouta]

Hi Jacob,

It is not easy to answer this type of question as it depends on facility and number of equipment. A general tendency is to think that OPEX will start low in first year and go up as usage would ramp up. Though this is an acceptable way of thinking you need to keep in mind that at the start you need for instance to buy all gas cylinders which again depending on the facility might be a non-negligible amount. This also stands for metals/materials for e-beam evaporation and/or targets and that can be very high if precious metals are included.

At ACT Node our typical consumable budget excluding maintenance contracts is about Au$ 350k per year ex staff salaries.

Hope this is helpful,
Regards,
Fouad Karouta

From: labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu [mailto:labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu] On Behalf Of Jacob Trevino
Sent: Friday, 13 December 2013 5:43 AM
To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu
Subject: [labnetwork] Consumable Cost Data and Estimation

Good day,

Previously, I introduced the new cleanroom that is going up at the City University of New York (CUNY) as part of the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) to open fall 2014. I received wonderful advice from several of you regarding fee structures for equipment use, which I am very grateful for.

One issue I am coming up against presently is estimating the amount and cost of consumables, that will feed into setting up our fees.  For the first year, I understand this will be an estimate, as our start-up user base is unknown.  After the first year we can adjust based on the actual numbers.

I was curious if anyone had any data on their cleanroom's consumable costs that they wouldn't mind sharing with me? I know this is highly variable depending on the size, equipment and user base of each of your facilities, so I will do my best to take that into account. Any information you can provide (even if it is partial data) will be greatly appreciated and help us to make an educated guess on what to expect.

Thank you again for all your help.

Best regards,
Jacob


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Jacob Trevino, PhD
Scientific Cleanroom Director
The City University of New York (CUNY)
Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC)
Tel.  (646) 664-8914
Fax. (646) 664-2965
Email: Jacob.Trevino at asrc.cuny.edu<mailto:Jacob.Trevino at asrc.cuny.edu>
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