machine-hour — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The amount of work that can be done by one machine in one hour; a billable hour for one machine. (Said of, for example, a piece of heavy equipment or a machine tool.)

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   With the right carbide tooling and toolpath programming, you're not looking at too many machine-hours for a job like this. If you're going to putz around with cheaper tooling and guesstimated feedrates, then you'll pay for those in more machine-hours.

Noun

1. a unit representing the operation of one machine for 1 hour; used in the determination of costs and economics.

   Broader terms

   unit of measurementunit

   Examples

   This engine right here has put a lot of machine-hours.