If it takes 45 minutes a week to service a 24-hr paper chart recorder and the technicians time is $40 per hour, the annual cost of labor is $1,560.00. The physical cost of chart paper and pens can hover around $150 per year. Calibration maintenance can easily cost the owner $600 per year, or more, depending on the frequency. Adding everything up over 5 years ($1,560 + $150 + $600) (5) is $11,550.00! Clearly the economic values of using Data-Mate become even more significant.
