Tool Sharpening, Reconditioning & Industrial Repair Services worked example

Carbide Recovery Value at 92% clean carbide yield after sorting: a worked example

Push clean carbide yield after sorting up to 92% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when carbide recovery value in tool sharpening, reconditioning and industrial repair services is being put through a tool sharpening, reconditioning and industrial repair services weighted-cost review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Weight or count of scrap carbide processed: 100 units (unchanged)
  • Scrap carbide buy-back rate: 45 $ / unit (unchanged)
  • Clean carbide yield after sorting: 92 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 80)
  • Fixed collection and handling cost: 250 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Carbide Recovery Value cost = quantity × rate × capture factor + fixed cost) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,390 $ for weighted cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 43.9 $ / piece for per piece value.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,140 $ for captured value.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 250 $ for fixed adjustment.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where clean carbide yield after sorting sits at 80% and the headline result is 3,850 $, this scenario comes in 14.03% above the baseline at 4,390 $.
  • It computes total recovery value as scrap quantity times buy-back rate times clean yield, plus a fixed handling cost, then divides by quantity for value per unit. 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

  • Weighted cost: 4,390 $ (headline result)
  • Per piece value: 43.9 $ / piece
  • Captured value: 4,140 $
  • Fixed adjustment: 250 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Carbide Recovery Value calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.