Adhesives, Sealants & Industrial Bonding worked example

Pot Life Usage with mixed adhesive dispense rate of 340 g/hr or ml/hr: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop mixed adhesive dispense rate to 340 g/hr or ml/hr, then walk the calculation through step by step. Estimate mixed adhesive consumed during pot life from use rate, working time, and mixed material cost.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Mixed adhesive dispense rate: 340 g/hr or ml/hr (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 680)
  • Usable pot-life window: 0.75 hr (held at the documented default)
  • Mixed adhesive cost per unit: 0.06 $ / g or $ / ml (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Mixed adhesive used before gel = mixed adhesive use rate × usable pot-life window.
  • Mixed adhesive used before gel works out to 255 g or ml at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Usable mixed adhesive cost works out to 14.03 $ at these inputs.
  • Pot-life working window works out to 0.75 hr at these inputs.
  • Mixed adhesive unit cost works out to 0.06 $ / g or $ / ml at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where mixed adhesive dispense rate sits at 680 g/hr or ml/hr and the headline result is 510 g or ml, this scenario comes in 50% below the baseline at 255 g or ml.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to mixed adhesive dispense rate, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. Pot life shortens sharply with larger mix mass and higher temperature because of exothermic self-heating, so the usable window for a big pot can be well under the datasheet's small-sample figure.

Results at a glance

  • Mixed adhesive used before gel: 255 g or ml (headline result)
  • Usable mixed adhesive cost: 14.03 $
  • Pot-life working window: 0.75 hr
  • Mixed adhesive unit cost: 0.06 $ / g or $ / ml

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Pot Life Usage calculator, set mixed adhesive dispense rate to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.