Tool 02 / Per-unit bands
A 2-inch EPDM gasket runs $1.00 to $1.70. Work out yours.
The dairy parts price estimator covers the five families people restock most: tri-clamp gaskets, tri-clamp ferrules, clear milk hose by the foot, milking liners and inflations by the set, and milk filter socks by the case. Set the variables and the band moves as you type.
Pick a part. Watch the band.
Quantity is counted in the unit the part is sold in: gaskets and ferrules by the piece, tubing by the foot, liners by the set of four, filter socks by the case of 100. Arrow keys step the quantity; shift steps it by ten.
Straight from the desk
The estimator gives you a band. The desk gives you a price.After it knows what you actually have.
A band is honest about what we don't know yet. The same 3-inch ferrule can be a 304 short weld off the shelf or a 316L long weld that comes in from a supplier, and the difference is most of the spread. Send the number and the band collapses to one figure.
Send a part inquiryThe base bands behind the numbers
These are the per-unit ranges the estimator starts from, before material multipliers and quantity breaks. They are the counter's current working figures in USD, not a price list.
| Part family | Size | Base material | Band per unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri-clamp gaskets | 1.5 in | EPDM | $0.85 to $1.40 |
| Tri-clamp gaskets | 2 in | EPDM | $1.00 to $1.70 |
| Tri-clamp gaskets | 3 in | EPDM | $1.60 to $2.60 |
| Tri-clamp gaskets | 4 in | EPDM | $2.40 to $3.80 |
| Tri-clamp ferrules | 1.5 in | 304, short weld | $3.50 to $5.50 |
| Tri-clamp ferrules | 2 in | 304, short weld | $4.20 to $6.50 |
| Tri-clamp ferrules | 3 in | 304, short weld | $6.80 to $10.00 |
| Tri-clamp ferrules | 4 in | 304, short weld | $10.00 to $15.00 |
| Clear PVC milk tubing, per foot | 5/8 in ID | PVC | $1.10 to $1.60 |
| Clear PVC milk tubing, per foot | 3/4 in ID | PVC | $1.40 to $2.00 |
| Clear PVC milk tubing, per foot | 1 in ID | PVC | $2.10 to $3.10 |
| Clear PVC milk tubing, per foot | 1.5 in ID | PVC | $3.80 to $5.40 |
| Liners, set of 4 | Round bore | Rubber | $28 to $42 |
| Liners, set of 4 | Round bore | Silicone | $62 to $88 |
| Filter socks, case of 100 | 24 in | Non-woven | $22 to $34 |
| Filter socks, case of 100 | 36 in | Non-woven | $28 to $42 |
How the band is worked out
Two adjustments sit on top of the base band. Nothing else is hidden in the arithmetic.
Material multipliers
EPDM is the base for tri-clamp gaskets because it is what most milk lines run. Silicone multiplies the band by 1.35. PTFE is 2.6. Viton is 3.2, and it is the one people over-order: unless your CIP runs hot acid or you process something oily, Viton buys you nothing an EPDM gasket at a third of the price won't do.
Ferrules start at 304 stainless with a short weld. 316L multiplies by 1.35 and a long weld by 1.15, and the two stack, so a 316L long-weld ferrule sits about 55% above the base. Clear PVC milk tubing has one modifier: take it as full 100 ft coils and the band drops 10%, with the length rounded up to whole coils.
Liners and filter socks carry their own bands by material and length instead of a multiplier. Silicone liners cost roughly twice what rubber does and last about 2,500 milkings against 1,200. Change them on the count, not when they split.
Quantity breaks
| Quantity | Adjustment |
|---|---|
| 1 to 24 | Base band |
| 25 to 99 | 6% off |
| 100 to 499 | 12% off |
| 500 and up | 18% off |
The estimator tells you which break you have reached and how many more units the next one needs. If 22 gaskets would do and 25 gets 6% off, it is usually worth the three spares; gaskets are the cheapest thing in the line and the first thing missing on a Sunday.
The quantity is held between 1 and 5,000. Above that you are talking about pallets, and pallets are a phone call.
Before you rely on it
Fair questions about a band
Pumps, sanitary valves, pulsators and plate heat exchanger gaskets aren't in the estimator. Browse them in the full catalogue and send an inquiry.
No. Indicative band, not a quote. The desk confirms the price once it has your part number or measurement. Freight and any sales tax are extra, and in Wisconsin the sales tax that applies is added to the invoice, not to the band.
Most confirmed prices land inside the band. When one doesn't, it is almost always because the part turned out to be something else: a 1.5-inch gasket that was really for a 2-inch ferrule, or a liner that needed a different mouthpiece bore.
A centrifugal milk pump is priced by horsepower, impeller diameter and what the plate says, and a seal kit is listed by the pump model. A band covering all of that would run from a couple of hundred dollars to several thousand and tell you nothing. Send the plate photo and the desk prices it properly. See milk pumps and seal kits for what to photograph.
No. A break is counted within one family and one size. Forty gaskets split between 1.5 and 2 inch are priced as two lines of twenty. On a mixed restock the desk will tell you where a few extra units tip a line into the next break.
You land on the contact page with the spec field already filled: family, size, material, quantity and the band. Add your name and a phone number and it goes to the desk. Nothing is ordered and nothing is charged. The rest of the flow is on how ordering works.