Estimate coolant recycling
savings and payback.
Build a C.R.O.S.S. savings scenario for water-based coolant using your annual purchases, disposal costs, selected reduction assumptions, and estimated investment. The calculator begins with an illustrative 50% reduction scenario. Adjust it to match documented operating conditions.
- Annual purchase savings
- Annual disposal savings
- Fluid life extension
- Payback in months
- 3-year gross savings
Calculator scope: C.R.O.S.S. central recycling for water-based coolant. Other fluids, individual-reservoir equipment, and mill systems require a separate application and financial review.
- Estimated payback
- – months
- 3-year gross operational savings
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Enter annual costs, reduction assumptions, and an estimated investment to calculate simple payback.
This estimate applies only to a potential C.R.O.S.S. application. An application review confirms fluid compatibility, system sizing, configuration, and quoted investment.
Illustrative assumptions50% fluid · 50% disposal · 1× life · investment at quoteHide
This gross operational-savings estimator covers fluid purchases, disposal, and fluid life for a potential C.R.O.S.S. application. It does not include installation, service, media, consumables, financing, or other ownership costs, which are evaluated with the quotation.
Review every assumption
Compare each input with your purchasing and disposal records, then adjust the assumptions to reflect current operating practices.
C.R.O.S.S. can reduce new-fluid purchases by up to 85% and disposal costs by up to 90%. These are maximum performance ranges, not default projections or guaranteed results.
The calculator begins at 50% for both reductions as an illustrative starting scenario, not a typical or guaranteed result. Adjust both percentages to match current operating records, application conditions, or an EdjeTech review.
Recycling controls contamination and concentration so coolant can remain in service longer. In one recorded installation, C.R.O.S.S. reduced tramp oil from 2% to nil or a trace ring, reduced the cream layer from 26% to 2%, and maintained concentration, pH, solids, dissolved solids, and bacteria within operating ranges during the evaluation period.
Fluid that stays in range is neither hauled away nor repurchased.
Simple payback is calculated by dividing the estimated system investment by projected monthly gross operational savings. The result depends entirely on the costs and assumptions entered.
The full input-by-input walkthrough is in the coolant recycling ROI guide. Read the ROI guide →
Evaluate sump-cleaning labor separately
Sump-cleaning labor is not included in this calculator. A typical sump cleaning can require about four hours manually and can be completed with the Green Machine in approximately 15 minutes.
An EdjeTech engineer can estimate labor savings from the sump count, cleanout frequency, and labor rate during the application review.
Estimate sump-cleaning labor savings →Use the results across operations, engineering, and maintenance
- Operations / Plant Manager
Does the payback meet the investment requirement?
Review annual savings, payback in months, and the three-year gross total against the operating costs and assumptions entered. Document the basis for each reduction before including the estimate in a capital request.
Baseline costs come from records. Reduction percentages and fluid-life changes remain scenario assumptions.
- Plant Engineer
Are the operating assumptions documented?
The inputs correspond to operating quantities such as sump volumes, recharge intervals, fluid purchases, and disposal invoices. Fluid-life extension is a significant assumption and should be adjusted to match current records.
Use the coolant-transfer selection to indicate portable collection, optional CRS distribution, or a combination. An engineer confirms the final configuration.
- Maintenance Manager
Which disposal costs are reduced?
Use current hauling costs and the sump-cleaning schedule to evaluate projected disposal savings and the effect on the maintenance budget.
Sump-cleaning labor can be estimated during the application review.
Common questions about the estimate
- How should I set the reduction assumptions?
Both reductions start at 50% as an illustrative scenario. Adjust them to a documented operating basis, and keep each percentage at or below the stated maximum. An application review can help establish a reasonable basis for the estimate.
- Will my fluid behave the same way?
An EdjeTech application engineer evaluates the fluid, process, and operating conditions before quotation. The review establishes whether C.R.O.S.S. is appropriate for the application.
- What if my operation is unusual?
The calculator remains a preliminary estimate. Unusual fluids, mixed processes, and multi-building layouts require an application review.
C.R.O.S.S. removes 99.75% of tramp oil and particulate by volume and can reduce new-fluid purchases by up to 85% and disposal costs by up to 90%.
- What about installation and service costs?
Outside the calculator's scope. The tool estimates gross operational savings. Installation, service, media, consumables, and other ownership costs are evaluated with the quotation.
Document the savings estimate for capital review
Organize projected savings, payback, and the assumptions used in the estimate. Support baseline costs with purchasing and disposal records, and identify each selected reduction as a scenario assumption.
Include current fluid purchases, disposal costs, proposed equipment investment, scope exclusions, and calculated payback.
Use these records to support your internal capital request. Get an equipment quote so you can compare the investment with the costs your facility could reduce.
Baseline: annual fluid purchases and disposal costs.
Scenario: selected reductions, fluid-life change, and operating basis.
Investment: quoted equipment scope and applicable ownership costs.