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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mynamespat, post: 2713942, member: 83738&quot;]It depends if they have the volume to continuously run the machines (which the mint&#039;s supplier most certainly does).&nbsp; If the machines are in use regardless, the cost of overheard is there in either scenario.&nbsp; Machines that aren&#039;t running aren&#039;t making money.&nbsp; Thus it&#039;s generally the downtime that will break a machine shop.&nbsp; Every time the material needs to be manually moved; it&#039;s not being processed:&nbsp; downtime.&nbsp; Every time somebody needs to make a minor adjustment: downtime.&nbsp; The downside of this system is if one cog in the wheel fails the entire operation is down; however, with these types of machines I doubt there are too many catastrophic failures due to the relative simplicity of the operation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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