Maximum ROI
THE DATA BEHIND THE CALCULATOR
The savings calculator doesn't model a brochure. Its factors come from user surveys of the rental partners and engineers who deploy PK systems week after week – and where they report a range, the calculator deliberately uses the conservative end of it. Every baseline stays editable, so the numbers are always yours.
The factors
WHAT THE CALCULATOR APPLIES
Regional Event
- Audio crew25% less
- Setup25% faster
- Teardown40% faster
- Pre-show planning50% less
Tour
- Touring audio crew25% less
- Local labour25% less
- Setup25% faster
- Teardown40% faster
- Pre-show planning50% less
Crews report savings well beyond these figures on some shows – PA crew requirements down 40–60%, teardown up to 50% faster. The calculator holds to the conservative end of the surveyed range, so the totals it shows are ones a first deployment can stand behind.
The surveys
IN THEIR WORDS
“PK significantly reduces the labour required to deploy a system. We've seen PA crew requirements drop by 40–60% on some shows, while setup is typically 30–40% faster and teardown can be around 50% faster. The robotic workflow lets us get the PA in the air quickly and make the final adjustments from there.”
“The efficiency difference with PK is significant. We've toured with five audio crew where a conventional system would have required eight. Load-in can be around 20% faster and load-out around 50% faster, and pre-production can take roughly half the time because you don't have to predetermine every angle before the PA is flown.”
“The biggest labour saving with PK is how quickly you're finished with the hands. On a typical large festival system, we can save three to four hours getting the PA in and another one to two hours getting it out. Once it's in the air, the crew's work is largely done, and the robotic system gives us much more flexibility to make changes on site.”
“We've seen roughly a 25% reduction in the crew required around the PA, along with noticeably faster setup and teardown. With PK, you don't have to have every prediction and angle figured out before the system goes up, you can get it flown quickly and make those decisions once it's in position.”
“We're typically saving around 15–20 minutes per hang on both deployment and strike with PK. Depending on the show, that can also mean one or two fewer local crew during load-in and load-out. Robotics gives us the flexibility to make those adjustments after the PA is flown instead of having everything locked in beforehand.”
“PK doesn't always mean starting with a dramatically smaller crew – it means getting the work done much faster. We're regularly saving an hour or two on setup and another hour or more on teardown. Pre-production is faster too because we don't have to calculate and communicate every angle before the PA goes into the air.”