Additive Manufacturing Service Bureau Quoting worked example

Powder Refresh Quote Cost at 72% refresh mass billed to customer: a worked example

Suppose refresh mass billed to customer falls to 72%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate powder refresh cost for SLS, MJF, or metal AM quotes from virgin powder mass, powder price, refresh capture, and handling charge.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Virgin powder added per build: 18 kg (held at the documented default)
  • Virgin powder purchase price: 74 $ / kg (held at the documented default)
  • Refresh mass billed to customer: 72 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 100)
  • Sieving and blending charge: 160 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Captured refresh cost = virgin powder mass × virgin powder price × billable refresh share.
  • Powder refresh quote cost works out to 1,119 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Virgin powder price works out to 62.17 $ / kg at these inputs.
  • Captured refresh cost works out to 959 $ at these inputs.
  • Sieving/blending charge works out to 160 $ at these inputs.

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 25% below the baseline at 1,119 $.
  • 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. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Powder refresh quote cost: 1,119 $ (headline result)
  • Virgin powder price: 62.17 $ / kg
  • Captured refresh cost: 959 $
  • Sieving/blending charge: 160 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Powder Refresh Quote Cost calculator, set refresh mass billed to customer to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.