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and Profitability Calculator

Instructions: Enter your data in the red cells. Tab or enter to calculate your gained productivity and profitability when choosing an ADF welding helmet.

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Assumptions:

  • Welders weld, on average, 6.1 hours/day in the U.S.
  • Welders "lift and nod" two times/minute
  • A welder's average salary is $16.50/hour in the U.S.
  • The average work month is 21 days.

Sources:

  • Study Productivity Claim For Welders Using an ADF Helmet vs. A Passive Helmet conducted June - July 29, 2010 by KIMBERLY-CLARK PROFESSIONAL*
  • http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Welder, Cutter, Soldered, or Brazier/Hourly Rate
  • KIMBERLY-CLARK PROFESSIONAL* Independent Research - FabTech Welding Gloves Survey, December 2009; Welding Gloves Survey, October 2009; Welding Helmets Concept Evaluation, October 2009
  • US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics 2008
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    Times helmet raised per minute 2  
    Productivity from use of ADF 0.01666667  
    Welding Hours per day 6.1
    Number of welders  
    Days per week spent welding  
    Minutes per day additional productivity  
    Minutes per week additional productivity  
     
    Welder Hourly Salary (do not type a "$")
    Gained productivity revenue per day  
    Gained productivity revenue per week  
    Gained productivity revenue per month 21
     
    Cost of ADF Welding Helmet (do not type a "$")
    Cost of Passive Welding Helmet (do not type a "$")
    Difference  
     
    ADF Pays for itself in Work Days  
    ADF Pays for itself in Weeks  
    ADF Pays for itself in Months  
     
    Additional Company Profitability year 1  
    Additional Company Profitability year 2  
    JACKSON* SAFETY Brand
     

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