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Material utilisation is material ending up in the product as a percentage of material issued. Scrap that can be remelted or reground is a partial recovery, not a full loss, so the figure that hits the bottom line hardest is unrecovered loss — swarf contamination, offcuts too small to reuse, and dust.
Material utilisation
Utilisation % = material in product x 100 / material issued
Loss
Unrecovered loss = issued - in product - recovered scrap
Recycling costs energy, incurs handling and often downgrades the material. Internal regrind is usually limited to 10-30% of a blend before properties suffer.
In nesting and cutting layout, in reducing part weight at design stage, and in eliminating over-thick stock. Process improvement rarely beats a design change on material yield.