Additive Manufacturing Service Bureau Quoting worked example

Resin Service Cost at 110% resin volume billed to customer: a worked example

What does the result look like when resin volume billed to customer reaches 110%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. an SLA or DLP service bureau estimator needs a resin cost line for a customer quote

The inputs for this scenario

  • Resin volume consumed by job: 520 ml (unchanged)
  • Resin purchase price: 0.18 $ / ml (unchanged)
  • Resin volume billed to customer: 110 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 100)
  • Vat and wash handling charge: 65 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Captured resin cost = resin volume × resin price × billable resin capture) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 168 $ for resin service cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0.32 $ / ml for resin price.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 103 $ for captured resin cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 65 $ for vat/wash handling charge.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where resin volume billed to customer sits at 100% and the headline result is 159 $, this scenario comes in 5.9% above the baseline at 168 $.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when resin volume billed to customer is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It assumes a single resin price and does not model resin shelf-life loss, failed-print resin waste, or the cost of consumables like wash IPA degrading over many cycles.

Results at a glance

  • Resin service cost: 168 $ (headline result)
  • Resin price: 0.32 $ / ml
  • Captured resin cost: 103 $
  • Vat/wash handling charge: 65 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.