Keerthika Technologies,
2-39/1/B, Beside DENA
Bank, Gowthami Nagar,
Chandanagar, Hyderabad,
India - 500050
Enter how much material you use and what you pay for it. The calculator compares your monthly material cost on filament with the same work printed from pellets, and shows the saving, cost per part and payback period.
Material only. Running costs are compared below.
For 100 kg of material a month
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| Extra running cost for pellet printing | — |
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Estimated annual net saving at your current usage rate
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Based on your consumption, material prices, wastage and running-cost inputs, and assumes they stay the same through the year. Actual savings depend on material suitability, processing requirements and operating conditions. This is an estimate, not a guarantee.
Get a pellet 3D printing feasibility assessment Your numbers are sent with the request.Both printers feed directly on 2–4 mm plastic pellets through a motorised auger extruder. Choose by the size of the parts you make.
For customers evaluating pellet extrusion for prototypes, functional components and other medium-to-large parts.
For customers evaluating larger parts and production applications that benefit from a 1-metre build volume.
Nothing is hidden. These are the exact formulas the calculator uses, so you can check them against your own spreadsheet.
Example: if the same material costs ₹1,000/kg as filament and ₹250/kg as pellets, the raw material cost difference is ₹75,000 for every 100 kg consumed.
Payback example: a material saving of ₹13,200 a month minus ₹1,500 extra running cost gives a net saving of ₹11,700. If the pellet printer costs ₹6,00,000 and the filament printer you would otherwise buy costs ₹5,00,000, the additional investment is ₹1,00,000 and pays back in about 8.5 months. Bought as an additional machine, the full ₹6,00,000 would take about 51.3 months.
Tell us what you make and how much material you use. The Garuda3D team will check whether pellet printing suits your parts and get back to you.
It divides your monthly material requirement by (1 − wastage) to get the material you need to buy, then multiplies that by the filament price and by the pellet price. The difference is your material saving. It then deducts any extra monthly running cost you enter for pellet printing to give your net monthly saving. Annual figures are the monthly figures multiplied by 12, which assumes your consumption, prices and wastage stay the same through the year. Payback is the investment counted divided by the net monthly saving.
Filament is made from pellets: they are melted again, extruded into a strand of tightly controlled diameter, wound onto spools and packed. That extra processing and packaging is reflected in the price per kilogram. This doesn't mean every pellet grade is cheaper than every filament, so compare the same material and grade using your own supplier quotes.
No. Results are estimates based on the figures you enter. Actual savings depend on your application, material suitability, print settings, wastage and the processing requirements of your parts.
Unless you include them in the extra running cost, it does not include electricity, labour, maintenance or equipment depreciation. It also does not account for differences in print time, post-processing, part quality or financing costs between the two processes.
The GF500 has a 500 × 500 × 500 mm build volume, and the GF1000 is a large-format pellet printer with a 1000 × 1000 × 1000 mm build volume. Both use a motorised auger extruder that feeds directly on 2–4 mm pellets.
Sometimes. It depends on the polymer type, pellet size and consistency, contamination, moisture, additives and the printer configuration. Recycled pellets are not automatically suitable for every pellet extrusion system, so they need to be tested first. Share a sample description in the feasibility assessment and our team will check it.
Your material, your application, the approximate size of your parts, your production volume and monthly material consumption, and how you make the parts today. The calculator results are sent with your request automatically.
