Adhesives, Sealants & Industrial Bonding worked example

Adhesive Cost per Part at 72% chargeable adhesive usage: a worked example

This worked example runs the adhesive cost per part numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: 72% chargeable adhesive usage instead of the typical 100%. Estimate adhesive material cost per bonded part from dispense volume, material price, chargeable usage, and setup waste.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Bonds or dispensed volume: 1,200 bonds or ml (held at the documented default)
  • Adhesive price basis: 0.09 $ / bond or $ / ml (held at the documented default)
  • Chargeable adhesive usage: 72 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 100)
  • Setup, purge, and nozzle waste: 18 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Chargeable adhesive cost = bonds or dispensed volume × adhesive price basis × chargeable usage.
  • Adhesive material cost works out to 91.44 $ / order at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Adhesive price basis works out to 0.08 $ / bond or $ / ml at these inputs.
  • Chargeable adhesive cost works out to 73.44 $ / order at these inputs.
  • Setup and purge waste works out to 18 $ at these inputs.

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 23.8% below the baseline at 91.44 $ / order.
  • Use it when costing bonded or sealed assemblies, evaluating dispense-volume reductions, or comparing adhesive supply formats and their waste. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Adhesive material cost: 91.44 $ / order (headline result)
  • Adhesive price basis: 0.08 $ / bond or $ / ml
  • Chargeable adhesive cost: 73.44 $ / order
  • Setup and purge waste: 18 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Adhesive Cost per Part calculator, set chargeable adhesive usage to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.