Note that the cost of educational equipment may be reduced in different ways;
- Combining several pieces of equipment in one compact system to avoid repetition of facilities that can be used equally by all components. A good example is The FM 450 Multi Turbine Test Bench, in which 3 turbines -namely: Pelton, Francis, and Cross-Flow are mounted on one bench. Such turbines can use the same water supply and measuring instrumentation, besides the same frame bench.
- Using a modular system, where a great number of experiments may be conducted using one bench or frame. Examples are FM 100 Hydraulics Bench and ST 100 Universal Structural Test Frame.