Cost analysis of Insulating glass production

Many new glass processing company or the new IGU manufacturers are concerns with the cost of producing insulating glass, this is the first step to consider about IGU.

There are glass, spacer, butyl, molecular sieve, silicone and argon in one piece of IGU. As the machine price, labor cost, glass price, electricity, air and water cost are different due to different countries and area, so we only consider the rest items used in IGU, like: spacer, butyl, molecular sieve, silicone and argon.

Before we calculate the cost, we need to know the price of those items and used quantity in each sqm IGU.

Used quantity of IGU
Name	Used qty in 1 sqm IGu
Aluminum spacer	4m
Butyl sealant	0.05Kg
Silicone sealant	0.25Kg (6mm aluminum spacer) 0.35Kg (9mm aluminum spacer)
Molecular sieve	0.1Kg
Corner key	4pcs
Argon	25L ( 12mm air gap)

Below we just give reference price of the spacer, butyl, silicone, molecular sieve and argon, so final price maybe different for different customer.

Name	Qty	Unit price reference	Total price
Aluminum spacer	4m	0.1USD/m	0.4USD
Butyl sealant	0.05kg	5USD/kg	0.25USD
Silicone sealant	0.25Kg (6mm aluminum spacer)	2USD/kg	0.5USD
	0.35Kg (9mm aluminum spacer)	2USD/kg	0.7USD
Molecular sieve	0.1Kg	1.2USD/kg	0.12USD
Corner key	4pcs	0.001USD/pcs	0.004 USD
Straight connector for bending spacer	1pcs	0.05USD/pcs	0.05USD
Argon	25L ( 12mm air gap)	0.001 USD/L	0.0375
		Tota cost	1.3USD/sqm
		Tota cost	1.5USD/sqm

We are not responsible for the final IGU production cost difference with the above table, this is only for your starting reference, thanks for your understanding.