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Launderable Garment Program Costs


After posting this topic, NIF was contacted by several facilities regarding the process and reject rate assumptions EPRI applied to their comparative cost analysis. Two key factors affect costs for these programs: processing costs and launderable reject rates.

NIF investigated facility experience data for offsite processing and launderable garment service life (reject rates). From this, we developed a basic calculator for evaluating the key variables associated with launderable and disposable use. It is provided below as an applet and can also be downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet.  
 

Process Costs


If your system has a recent version of Microsoft Excel resident, you may use the applet that follows to build your own scenario online. If it does not appear, then  click HERE to download the NIF PC Cost Calculator (Excel file).

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Reject Rates


NIF collected (year to date) reject rate data for launderable garments from a number of U.S. facilities in. Compilation of the data suggests that the average reject rate has been .5% to .6% for cloth, translating to a coverall life of about 175 washings.

 

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