Additive Manufacturing Service Bureau Quoting worked example

Powder Refresh Quote Cost at 110% refresh mass billed to customer: a worked example

Push refresh mass billed to customer up to 110% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. a service bureau estimator needs to add powder refresh cost to a powder bed quote

The inputs for this scenario

  • Virgin powder added per build: 18 kg (unchanged)
  • Virgin powder purchase price: 74 $ / kg (unchanged)
  • Refresh mass billed to customer: 110 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 100)
  • Sieving and blending charge: 160 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Captured refresh cost = virgin powder mass × virgin powder price × billable refresh share) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,625 $ for powder refresh quote cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 90.29 $ / kg for virgin powder price.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,465 $ for captured refresh cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 160 $ for sieving/blending charge.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where refresh mass billed to customer sits at 100% and the headline result is 1,492 $, this scenario comes in 8.93% above the baseline at 1,625 $.
  • It computes the quoted cost of refreshing a powder bed by combining the billable virgin powder top-up cost with a fixed sieving and blending charge. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Powder refresh quote cost: 1,625 $ (headline result)
  • Virgin powder price: 90.29 $ / kg
  • Captured refresh cost: 1,465 $
  • Sieving/blending charge: 160 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Powder Refresh Quote Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.