The FIP Gasket Material Calculator calculates the volume of material used in a gasket to better aid dispense rates and material costs.
Height-to-Width Ratio is the ratio of the gasket being dispensed. For self-leveling materials, 1:2 is usually a sufficient estimation.
Gasket Height Max describes the tallest acceptable gasket. This can be calculated using the Gasket Height Calculator.
Gasket Height Min describes the shortest acceptable gasket. This can be calculated using the Gasket Height Calculator.
Gasket Length is the length of the gasket. If several small gaskets are used, add the lengths of each section together for this value.
Container describes the kind of container used to dispense this material. For this calculation, only the volume of the container is used.
Container Cost is the cost of a container of material. This is used to estimate the cost of the material.
Desired Dispense Time is an estimated amount of time required to dispense the total length of gasket. This estimation should not include any overhead associated with machine motion. It should be based solely on the required time to dispense the requested volume of material.
The calculations for the volume is straight forward. The cross-sectional area of the dispense is calculated and multiplied by the length.
The Mean Volume calculation uses the average of the Min Height and Max Height to calculate the cross-sectional area.
Using the container size and container cost, a price per volume is calculated. This value is multiplied by the volume to get a cost per gasket.
Using the Mean Volume, a Gaskets Per Container is estimated by dividing the gaskets by the container volume.
The Dispense Rate is calculated by dividing the Mean Volume by the Desired Dispense Rate.
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