Adhesives, Sealants & Industrial Bonding worked example

Mix Ratio Error Risk with off-ratio cure severity of 23 1-10: a worked example

What does the result look like when off-ratio cure severity reaches 23 1-10? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. a process engineer needs to assess risk before approving a two-part adhesive mixing method

The inputs for this scenario

  • Off-ratio cure severity: 23 1-10 (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 9)
  • Mix error occurrence likelihood: 4 1-10 (unchanged)
  • Detection weakness: 7 1-10 (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Mix ratio error risk score = severity score × occurrence score × detection score) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12.35 score for mix ratio error risk score, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 23 1-10 for off-ratio cure severity.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4 1-10 for mix error occurrence.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 7 1-10 for detection weakness.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where off-ratio cure severity sits at 9 1-10 and the headline result is 6.75 score, this scenario comes in 82.96% above the baseline at 12.35 score.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when off-ratio cure severity is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. The score is ordinal, not linear: a 6.75 is not literally three times worse than a 2.25, so use it to rank and trigger review, not as an absolute probability.

Results at a glance

  • Mix ratio error risk score: 12.35 score (headline result)
  • Off-ratio cure severity: 23 1-10
  • Mix error occurrence: 4 1-10
  • Detection weakness: 7 1-10

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Mix Ratio Error Risk calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.