Canadian widgets makes rocker arms for car engines the


Canadian Widgets makes rocker arms for car engines. The manufacturing process consists of punching blanks from raw stock, forming the rocker arm in a 5-stage progressive die, and finishing in a sequence of operations using hand tools. A recently developed 10-stage die can eliminate many of the finishing operations for high-volume production. The existing 5-stage die could be used for a different product, and in this case would have a salvage value of $20,000. Maintenance costs of the 5-stage die will total $3500 this year and are expected to increase by $3, 500 per year. The 10-stage die will cost $89,000 and will incur maintenance costs of $4,000 this year, increasing by $2, 700 per year thereafter. Both dies depreciate at a declining-balance rate of 20 percent per year (R = 0.2). The net yearly benefit of the automation of the finishing operations is expected to be $16,000 per year. The MARR is 10 percent. Find Economic Service Life (ESL) for both Challenger and Defender. Should the 5-stage die be replaced?

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