Patent ID: 8065238

Claim:
A system comprising: a processor; a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions configured to implement the system, including: a database including identities of a plurality of gas lasers and parameters associated with the plurality of gas lasers; a receiver component that receives an input, comprising an identity of at least one of the plurality of gas lasers, and receives parameters associated with the at least one of the plurality of gas lasers relating to the gas laser application from the database based at least in part on the input; a calculator component that determines a gas pressure and a gas flow associated with the gas laser application based at least in part upon a thickness of material associated with the gas laser application, and estimates a consumption of a gas associated with the gas laser application over a period of time based at least in part on the gas pressure and the gas flow, wherein the period of time is at least one of a day, a week, a month, a quarter or a year; and an analysis component that approximates a cost associated with the at least one of the plurality of gas lasers over the period of time based at least in part upon the input, the parameters, the consumption, and a price list including equipment costs, gas costs, and labor costs per unit time with respect to one or more geographic regions the cost analysis includes fixed cost and variable cost of the gas laser application.