Adhesives, Sealants & Industrial Bonding worked example

Adhesive Cost per Part at 110% chargeable adhesive usage: a worked example

What does the result look like when chargeable adhesive usage reaches 110%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. an estimator or process engineer needs adhesive cost per assembly before quoting or approving a material change

The inputs for this scenario

  • Bonds or dispensed volume: 1,200 bonds or ml (unchanged)
  • Adhesive price basis: 0.09 $ / bond or $ / ml (unchanged)
  • Chargeable adhesive usage: 110 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 100)
  • Setup, purge, and nozzle waste: 18 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Chargeable adhesive cost = bonds or dispensed volume × adhesive price basis × chargeable usage) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 130 $ / order for adhesive material cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0.11 $ / bond or $ / ml for adhesive price basis.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 112 $ / order for chargeable adhesive cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 18 $ for setup and purge waste.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where chargeable adhesive usage sits at 100% and the headline result is 120 $ / order, this scenario comes in 8.5% above the baseline at 130 $ / order.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when chargeable adhesive usage is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It models adhesive as a single price basis plus a flat waste charge, so it will not capture cure energy, primer or surface-prep cost, mix-ratio waste on two-part systems, or shelf-life scrap unless you fold them into the inputs.

Results at a glance

  • Adhesive material cost: 130 $ / order (headline result)
  • Adhesive price basis: 0.11 $ / bond or $ / ml
  • Chargeable adhesive cost: 112 $ / order
  • Setup and purge waste: 18 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.