UV Curing worked example

UV Coating Cure Cost Per Part with parts cured per shift of 6,000 parts: a worked example

What does the result look like when parts cured per shift reaches 6,000 parts? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when quoting a coating contract, building a process improvement business case, or rolling cure into per-part standard cost.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Parts cured per shift: 6,000 parts (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 2,400)
  • Lamp wear cost per part: 0.04 $ / part (unchanged)
  • Energy cost per shift: 85 $ (unchanged)
  • Labor + overhead per shift: 320 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Lamp wear cost per shift = lamp wear per part × parts per shift) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 645 $ / coated part for total cure cost per shift, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 0.11 $ / part for cure cost per part.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 240 $ for lamp wear per shift.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 405 $ for energy + labor + overhead.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where parts cured per shift sits at 2,400 parts and the headline result is 501 $ / coated part, this scenario comes in 28.74% above the baseline at 645 $ / coated part.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when parts cured per shift is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It treats energy and labor as fixed per shift, so very short or partial shifts will look artificially expensive per part, and it excludes the coating material itself.

Results at a glance

  • Total cure cost per shift: 645 $ / coated part (headline result)
  • Cure cost per part: 0.11 $ / part
  • Lamp wear per shift: 240 $
  • Energy + labor + overhead: 405 $

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.