Warping & Sizing

Sizing Recipe Cost Estimator

PVA usually dominates size cost well out of proportion to its share of solids. This shows by how much.

Liquor Size box batch
L
Concentrations Recipe
g/L
g/L
g/L
Unit Prices Per kilogram
/kg
/kg
/kg

Batch Cost

—

Total chemical cost for the size box charge

Cost Breakdown

Total Size Solids
— kg
Cost per Litre of Liquor
—
Cost per kg of Solids
—
Solids Concentration
— %

Cost Split

—% starch —% PVA + lubricant

Recovering and reusing PVA changes this arithmetic entirely. Price the recipe again once a recovery plant is in the loop.

Sizing Recipe Cost Estimator — free, with the formula and a worked example, at Textile School.