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Welding Production & Cost Estimator

Turn wire size and feed speed into a deposition rate, then into arc time, shop labor hours, and a total job cost, factoring in operating factor and consumable pricing.

⚠ Disclaimer: Use at Your Own Risk This tool is provided "as is," for general engineering reference and educational purposes only, with no warranty of any kind. Deposition rate is calculated from wire geometry and density, not a fixed industry constant, so results will vary slightly from single-number rules of thumb. Operating factor, labor rate, and consumable pricing are shop-specific inputs you must supply; the suggested operating factors are broad industry ranges, not a substitute for your own production data. Jeffrium and Jeffrey Sowards assume no liability for decisions, budgets, bids, or outcomes based on this tool's output. Use of this tool is entirely at your own risk.

Wire & Deposition

Wire Diameter, d

Wire Feed Speed

Units

Wire Material

Density

Welding Process

Deposition Efficiency

Job & Labor

Total Weld Metal Weight (from the Weld Volume & Consumable Calculator) Operating Factor

Operating Factor (%)

Labor Rate ($/hr)

Operating factor is arc-on time as a share of total shop time; the rest is fit-up, positioning, slag/spatter removal, and changeover.

Consumable Rate ($ per weight unit above)

Deposition Rate

DR = (π/4)·d²·WFS·60·ρ·η

Time & Cost

Need a full program-level estimate?

Multi-pass procedures, mixed processes, and crew-level scheduling are exactly the kind of estimating work Jeffrium takes on directly.

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