Airport Ground Support Equipment worked example

GSE Weldment Scrap Cost at 75% scrap exposure share: a worked example

Push scrap exposure share up to 75% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. a fabrication manager needs to estimate weldment scrap exposure for airport GSE structures

The inputs for this scenario

  • Scrapped GSE weldments: 28 weldments (unchanged)
  • Cost per GSE weldment: 1,850 $ / weldment (unchanged)
  • Scrap exposure share: 75 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 65)
  • Fixed inspection or disposal cost: 9,000 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Variable weldment scrap cost = scrapped GSE weldments × cost per weldment × scrap exposure share) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 47,850 $ scrap cost for total gse weldment scrap cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1,709 $ / piece for cost per gse weldment.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 38,850 $ for variable weldment scrap cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 9,000 $ for fixed inspection or disposal cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where scrap exposure share sits at 65% and the headline result is 42,670 $ scrap cost, this scenario comes in 12.14% above the baseline at 47,850 $ scrap cost.
  • It computes total weldment scrap cost by combining variable per-weldment loss, scaled by an exposure share, with a fixed inspection or disposal cost. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Total GSE weldment scrap cost: 47,850 $ scrap cost (headline result)
  • Cost per GSE weldment: 1,709 $ / piece
  • Variable weldment scrap cost: 38,850 $
  • Fixed inspection or disposal cost: 9,000 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.